Smartphones shipment grew to 31 million units

New Delhi: Smartphone shipment in the country grew four per cent year-on-year to 31 million units in the January-March 2019 quarter, according to a report by Counterpoint Research.

Anshika Jain, research analyst at Counterpoint Research, said the overall growth was slower than expected as some of the major brands were sitting on inventory after a stock build-up during the festive period last quarter.

"This quarter, we have seen all major brands expanding their footprint in offline channels to gain market share," Jain added.

While the report did not disclose the shipment numbers for feature phones, it said Jio had a 30 per cent share, followed by Samsung (15 per cent), Lava (13 per cent), Nokia (8 per cent) and itel (7 per cent).

"While the smartphone market offers a big opportunity, one can't ignore 400 million feature phone users in the market which is also likely to stay for the next five years in India," the report added.

Xiaomi continued to lead the smartphone tally with 29 per cent share, followed by Samsung (23 per cent), Vivo (12 per cent), Realme and Oppo (7 per cent each).