New Delhi: Smartphone market in the country reduced to half in terms of unit shipments during the April-June period, when lockdown was imposed, and is expected to recover in the second half of 2020 as the country enters the festive season, market research firm IDC said in a report on Friday.
Samsung led the overall market during the quarter with 24 per cent share, followed by Xiaomi and Vivo, IDC quarterly mobile phone tracker report said.
"India's smartphone market registered a sharp year-over-year (YoY) decline of 50.6 per cent in the second quarter to 18.2 million units, as the country remained under lockdown through the first half of the quarter," IDC report said.
Despite dip in sales, Chinese smartphone player Xiaomi maintained its lead in the smartphone segment with 29.4 per cent share. It was followed by Samsung with 26.3 per cent share market share, Vivo 17.5 per cent, Realme 9.8 per cent and Oppo 9.7 per cent market share during the April-June quarter.
According to the report, vendors faced major supply chain disruptions at the beginning of the quarter, and the shortage continued into the rest of the quarter as factories operated at partial capacity even after the lockdown was lifted.
Components and parts remained at the ports waiting to be cleared, especially for China-based vendors.
By June, sales increased mainly due to the pent-up demand from the lockdown period. However, purchases were mainly driven by availability rather than by choice.
"The online channel registered a high market share of 44.8 per cent but declined 39.9 per cent YoY in unit terms due to lockdown restrictions on the delivery of electronics as well as severely limited stock for most of the quarter," the report said.