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India Smartphone Outlook for 2013

2012 Smartphone Year in Review: The smartphones sales in India grew over 100% (year-on-year) in 2012 to reach 20 to 22 million units. For the first time, monthly sales crossed 2 million units in Q4 and smartphones breached the USD … Continue reading

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Comparison of China & India Smartphone Markets

China and India are the world’s biggest mobile markets with 1.05 billion and 934 million subscribers respectively. At the end of 2011, the smartphones installed base in both these markets was less than 100 million (over 90 million in China and … Continue reading

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Evolution of Indian Handset OEMs – History, Current State and Future Outlook

In early 2008, there were only 6 to 8 brands operating in the Indian mobile devices market, and almost all of them were global. This number increased to over 180 by 2011. Young Indian handset vendors such as Micromax, Karbonn, … Continue reading

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India Smartphone Outlook for 2012

2011 was the first big year for smartphones in India. Convergence Catalyst estimates between 9 to 9.5M smartphones to have been sold in India in 2011. October was a landmark month having witnessed smartphone sales crossing the 1 million mark. … Continue reading

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Impact on Mobile Device OEMs due to Rupee Depreciation

Indian rupee has declined over 8.5% in four weeks leading up to 24th September against the US dollar. This steep fall in the value of the rupee is expected to adversely impact the margins of leading global mobile device OEMs … Continue reading

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