OnePlus Beats Apple 6s6c5p Samsung in Smartphone Segment in India: Counterpoint

Samsung dropped to second position with 22 percent market share. 5p5s18

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 1 August 2019 11:39 IST

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Riding on its flagship OnePlus 7 series, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus captured its highest-ever shipment share of 43 percent in the second quarter (Q2) to become the leader in the segment (Rs. 30,000 and above) in India, Counterpoint Research said on Wednesday. 2h434v

OnePlus 7 Pro and immediately captured 26 percent share.

"This ultra- segment is a subset of the overall segment and usually led by Apple iPhone XR the volumes in this segment almost doubled,' said Karn Chauhan, Research Analyst at Counterpoint Research.

Samsung dropped to the second position in the overall -segment, holding 22 percent share with volumes declining 16 percent (year-on-year).

Overall, smartphone shipments in the segment grew an impressive 33 percent annually in India -- way above the single-digit overall smartphone shipment growth during Q2 2019.

Apple's volumes in this segment doubled annually in Q2 2019 driven by iPhone XR thanks to the price correction in April.

"Apple is also doubling down on its efforts to localise local manufacturing which will help them save 20 percent on import duties and can potentially on to consumers or use it to build its retail footprint and festive season discounting/marketing," Chauhan noted.

In the case of Samsung, promotions for the S10 series remain strong.

"Galaxy S10 Plus was the top model for Samsung despite the availability of cheaper Galaxy S10e. This shows that India consumers are ready to pay more for a experience," said Chauhan.

Second quarter was the first-ever one when segment had the highest number of models, offering wide variety of choice for consumers.

"As more brands such as Huawei enter this segment, this segment is going to be hyper-competitive in the second half of 2019," informed Chauhan.

The combined share of OnePlus, Samsung, and Apple was 85 percent during the second quarter, down from 88 percent level a year ago.

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