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CMR: Smartphone shipments surged 25% in Q2

BI India BureauAug 18, 2015, 20:32 IST

Smartphone shipments grew 24.8% to 24.41 million units during April-June. Samsung continued to hold to top the charts CyberMedia Research (CMR) said in a statement.

According to their data 56.6 million handsets were shipped in India during the June quarter. Smartphones comprised 43% of the volume, up from 36.8% in the previous quarter.

The number is expected to grow further and become "half of total mobile phone shipments" by September, CMR said in a statement.

The overall market grew 7% quarter-on-quarter while smartphones alone grew at 24.8% in shipment terms during the period.

Samsung came out at the top with 20.6% share of the overall market and 24.6% share of the smartphone market in the second quarter of 2015. Micromax followed in the tally with 12.3% share and 14.8% share of the total market and smartphone segment, respectively.

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