Smartphone Sales

Apple sells more phones than Huawei and Xiaomi during Alibaba Singles' Day sale

Apple was one of 237 brands that crossed the CNY 100 million mark in sales during Alibaba's annual sale.

Mere months from its IPO, Xiaomi records $1.1 bn quarterly loss, but also high overseas revenue: Report

Xiaomi said that after adjusting for fair value changes of convertible redeemable preferred shares, it made a net profit of 1.04 billion yuan in the first quarter.

Nokia jumps back to profits in India a year after relaunch, all thanks to feature phones

Nokia which had slipped from the heights of mobile handset business in the country, has become profitable again in just over a year of relaunch of its phones.

Xiaomi handset inventory does not last even a week as smartphone sales are faster than other brands, says India head Manu Kumar Jain

Jain said Xiaomi has the leanest distribution system network in place and whatever is being produced locally or being imported into the country is fast going off the shelves.

Samsung seems bothered by Xiaomi's claims of being 'number 1', but do customers really care about such taglines?

Let’s get this right: Customers are not going to stick around with you, just because you are number 1

Smartphone sales in India saw a 3% drop in Q4 2017, thanks to rise in 4G feature phones: GfK report

The report also said the average sales price (ASP) of smartphones globally increased by 10 percent year-on-year to $363, the fastest quarterly growth rate so far.

Huawei, Vivo and Oppo may cut smartphone orders by 10 percent in 2018; Xiaomi stands as an exception

Chinese handset makers Huawei, Vivo and OPPO may cut smartphone orders by over 10 percent, media reported.

Smartphone sales hit a record high in the US on Black Friday

According to Adobe Insights, 61.1 percent of shoppers' visits to retailers' websites were for mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets.

Global smartphone sales reach 366.2 mn in Q2 2017; Oppo, Vivo show strong growth while Apple sales are flat

Global sales of smartphones reached 366.2 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 6.7 percent increase over the second quarter of 2016, market research firm Gartner said

Quick adoption of digital payments by retailers bring smartphone sales back on track: Report

Along with retailers, easy finance options by smartphone manufacturers also helped pull up sales in time for the new year.