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Indian smartphone market up 7% in 2021 despite pandemic challenges
Analyst firm IDC has estimated that 161 million smartphones were sold in India in 2021. While the market has been plagued by pandemic-related issues throughout the year, the figure above corresponds to a 7% increase compared to 2020. Experts argue that on the one hand, the effect of pent-up demand affected, and on the other hand, limited supplies, which led to a decrease in stocks in sales channels in the second half of the year as demand increased seasonally.
Experts note that 54% of the market was occupied by smartphones based on MediaTek single-chip systems, ahead of smartphones based on Qualcomm single-chip systems. The average selling price reached $190, up 15% over the year. The share of the premium segment doubled compared to 2020 and reached 4%, mainly due to an increase in sales of Apple smartphones. The sub-$100 segment was the only one to shrink from 2020.
Xiaomi is the leader of the Indian smartphone market, but over the year, the share of the Chinese company has decreased from 27.4% to 25.1%. Samsung is in second place. The share of the South Korean manufacturer decreased from 19.8% to 17.4% compared to 2020. Third place is occupied by vivo, whose share decreased from 17.8% to 15.6%. The top five also includes Realme and Oppo. The share of the former increased from 12.8% to 15.0%, while the latter remained almost unchanged at 11.1%.
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They are giving up the iPhone. Motorola reveals 20% of Razr foldable smartphone buyers are ex-iPhone owners
Motorola isn’t even close to being the market leader in foldable smartphones, but its Razr models have proven to be a big draw for iPhone owners.
In an interview with CNet, Allison Yi, head of Motorola’s North American product division, said that of all Motorola’s products, the foldable Razr is the most popular among iPhone owners.
This is definitely the family we have the most iPhone users moving to.
It turns out that 20% of Razr buyers are former owners of Apple smartphones. They are probably attracted by the fresh form factor in which the iPhone is not presented and probably will not be presented for a long time. At the same time, we must remember that we are talking about North America, where, in addition to the Razr, only the Samsung Flip is in this form factor.
Motorola recently unveiled its new foldable smartphones, including the revolutionary cheap (in China) Moto Razr 40, but in the US, only the older Razr Plus (called the Moto Razr 40 Ultra in China) will sell for $1,000.
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Still cheaper than any other similar smartphone, but not so revolutionary. Motorola Razr and Razr Plus will be more expensive in the global market than in China
Motorola yesterday introduced foldable smartphones Moto Razr 40 and Moto Razr 40 Ultra, which turned out to be cheaper than all competitors, and the younger model even offers a revolutionary price for this segment at $560. However, these are Chinese prices, and in the global market everything is different, since new items are significantly more expensive there.
To start with, the Moto Razr 40 is called the Razr in the global market, and the Moto Razr 40 Ultra is called the Razr Plus.
In the US, apparently, only the latter will be sold at a price of $1,000. In Europe, they will already ask for 1200 euros for it. The base model Razr will be available in select countries in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, but pricing has not yet been announced. It is expected that it will be around 700-800 euros. It’s still cheaper than other similar smartphones, but not as revolutionary as $560.
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Ahead of the announcement of iOS 17, Apple said that iOS 16 is installed on 81% of all active iPhones
Shortly before the announcement of iOS 17 at WWDC 2023, Apple published statistics regarding the prevalence of iOS 16.
At the moment, the current version of the operating system is installed on 81% of all active iPhones on the market. Another 13% are working with iOS 15 and only 6% are on older versions.
If we talk about smartphones no older than four years, then the distribution looks like this: 90%, 8% and 2%, respectively.
In the case of tablets, iPadOS 16 is installed on 71% of all active iPads. Another 20% remain on iPadOS 15, while older versions are installed on 9% of devices.
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