Smartphone sales in India will double to 200 million a year by 2020 but they will be less than half the number sold in China, according to Euromonitor International.
The US smartphone market will shrink in the coming years, letting India overtake it in 2018. India will become the world’s second largest smartphone market by value in 2019.
India’s smartphone sales will touch 231.5 million in 2021, up from from 102.4 million in 2016. Sales in the US will shrink to 127.3 million from 147.9 million this year and Chinese sales will grow marginally from 440.3 million in 2016 to 460.4 million in 2021.
Most handsets sold in China and the US now are repeat purchases, unlike in India where sales are driven by buyers switching from feature phones to smartphones. Most handset makers, including market leader Samsung, have launched cheap smartphones in India to tap this segment.
“India and Indonesia provide untapped opportunity for smartphones due to the huge pool of feature-phone upgrades,” said Wee Teck Loo, head of consumer electronics at read more..
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