Samsung retains top spot with 24% smartphone sales share; Lenovo slips to 7th spot in April-June quarter

Chinese handset maker **Lenovo** today said it is not worried about slipping on the pecking order in the hyper-competitive Indian smartphone market, instead it is keeping its focus on devices that meet consumer needs. [caption id=“attachment_949691” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational Image. Reuters[/caption] Lenovo, which sells Motorola phones, was the number two player in the Indian market in the July-September 2016 quarter with 9.6 percent market share, data from research firm IDC showed. However, it slipped to the fifth spot with 7 percent market share in April-June 2017 quarter. “We aren’t worried. It isn’t a number game. We are focused on bringing devices that meet consumer needs,” Lenovo India Mobile Business Group (MBG) Country Head Sudhin Mathur told PTI. **Samsung** continues to dominate the top spot with 24 percent share at the end of June 2017. Interestingly, the other four spots in the top 5 tally are occupied by Chinese players — Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo and Lenovo. The market share of Indian vendors like Micromax and Lava remained limited to 15 percent of overall smartphone market at June-end. On the other hand, China-based vendors, with their massive ongoing marketing spend and channel expansion, accounted for 54 percent share of the quarter’s shipment. Lenovo today unveiled its new device —  **K8 Plus** — priced at Rs 10,999 that will be available on e-commerce platform Flipkart from 7 September . The device features 5.2-inch display, 3 GB RAM, 32 GB internal storage (expandable up to 128 GB), 13 MP and 5 MP dual rear camera and 8 MP front camera and 4,000 mAh battery.