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Samsung tops India after 20 quarters: How was the smartphone market stay in Q4 2022
Xiaomi, which became a big headache for Samsung, finally lost its top position in Q4 2022 in India, reports Canalys. Samsung took about 20 quarters (~5 years) to retain its dominance in the Indian smartphone market because of the rapid growth of Chinese vendors.
According to the analysis, Samsung climbed to the number one spot in Q4 2022 for the first time since Q3 2017 in India. The company shipped 6.7 million units for a market share of 21%. Xiaomi, which was in second place slipped to third, giving the runner-up spot to Vivo.
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In Q4 2022, Xiaomi lost its leadership position and fell to third place with shipments of 5.5 million units and a market share of 17%. The runner-up Vivo sold 6.4 million smartphones (20% share) with a large share of shipments through offline channels.
- 4th Oppo – 5.4 million shipment
- 5th Realme – 2.7 million shipment
The Indian smartphone market suffered its first-ever drop in shipments in the fourth-quarter holiday period, falling by 27% to 32.4 million. Moreover, the report shows that overall shipments fell to 151.6 million units in 2022, declining by 6% compared with 2021.
With strength in the retail channel to drive volume, Samsung continues to target consumers across routes to the market, said Sanyam Chaurasia, Analyst at Canalys.
Global market:
Q4 was not so good for Samsung but it has defeated all of its rivals in full-year 2022 smartphone market worldwide. Canalys analysis reveals that Samsung remained the world’s biggest smartphone vendor in 2022, however, Apple led the fourth quarter.
Talking about the 2022 global market analysis, Samsung seized a 22% share worldwide with a 2% increase year-over-year. Apple remained the second biggest phone vendor with a 19% market share, securing a 2% growth over the last year. More here:
Samsung knocks all smartphone rivals off their perch, Apple too!
At SID 2023, Samsung unveiled next-gen display technologies and showcased them through device prototypes. I like Rollable Flex the most, while the Flex In and Out and Sensor OLED Display panels are stunningly wonderful. Check the next-gen Samsung Display prototypes below:
Rollable Flex
Rollable Flex expands more than five times, from 49 mm to 254.4 mm in length. While conventional foldable or slidable form factors offer up to three times the scalability, Rollable Flex overcomes such limitations by enabling the display to be rolled and unrolled on an O-shaped axis like a scroll.
Flex In & Out
This new foldable phone concept can be folded both inward and outward 360 degrees.
The ‘in-folding’ form factor, which can only be folded inward, requires a separate external panel to view information while folded, but the Flex In & Out is able to overcome that, opening up the possibility of lighter and thinner foldable phones.
Sensor OLED Display
Samsung Display unveiled a new Sensor OLED Display that can recognize fingerprints anywhere on the screen and even check cardiovascular health at SID Display Week 2023. It can measure the user’s heart rate, blood pressure and stress level simply with the touch of two fingers.
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Samsung India has recently posted a new video, which aims to attract Apple iPhone users by letting them try the Galaxy experience. The video begins featuring an iPhone user asking her have you ever experienced Samsung Galaxy and what she could do on her phone.
Here, the video begins promoting the Try Galaxy platform, which turns Apple iPhone into a Samsung Galaxy S23 smartphone running the latest Android 13-based One UI 5.1. It’s all about attracting iPhone users by showcasing the limitless possibilities and innovations in Samsung products.
Samsung’s Try Galaxy is a mind-blowing feature, which works on all iPhones using the Safari app’s Home screen shortcut ability. All they need to do is to visit trygalaxy[dot]com in Safari Browser on their iPhone, follow the on-screen steps, and create a home screen shortcut.
Watch the video below:
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Samsung Galaxy A53 and Galaxy A73 smartphones are grabbing the May 2023 security update in India. The latest security patch is already available for these devices in different countries and the company is now expanding it to more markets.
May 2023 security update for Samsung Galaxy A73 smartphone comes with One UI build version A736BXXU3CWD4 and an updated package size of 645.35 MB. The latest update brings Camera improvements and an Image Clipper feature for Gallery.
On the other side, the Galaxy A53 smartphone is getting the latest Android patch with PDA version A536EXXS5CWDA and an installation package of 207.11 MB.
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Samsung’s May 2023 security update fixes over 70 issues mainly related to Bootloader, App lock, Call Settings, and Telephony framework. The latest firmware overall improves the performance of the device.
If you are using Samsung Galaxy A73 or Galaxy A53 and live in India, then you can install the update by visiting Settings >> Software Update >> Download and install option.
