Vivo has reportedly overtaken Samsung as the second largest smartphone company in India

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India’s smartphone market posted excellent results in Q1 2020, with shipments up 12% to 33.5 million units, despite the impact of a nationwide lockdown in the final week of March, due to the coronavirus. Leading vendor Xiaomi achieved a market share of 30.6%, shipping 10.3 million smartphones in the quarter. Chinese vendor, Vivo, grew shipments by close to 50%, overtaking Samsung for the first time to take second place. The vendor shipped close to 6.7 million units, grabbing a personal record share of just below 20%. Samsung fell 14% to third place with 6.3 million units shipped. Realme maintained fourth place with 3.9 million units, while Oppo finished fifth, with 3.5 million units.

Canalys: Vivo topples Samsung in India to take second position in Q1 2020