Apple gained market share in India’s smartphone segment in 2024 at Samsung’s expense, with the iPhone maker moving into the top six and its Korean rival falling to second, data from IDC showed.
The US-based vendor posted 35 per cent growth in the country, which is now the company’s fourth largest market after it shipped 12 million units. Its share rose from 6.4 per cent in 2023 to 8.2 per cent last year.
Apple’s three largest markets are the US, China and Japan, with sales in the mainland dropping 11.1 per cent to $18.5 billion in the final quarter of 2024.
In India Samsung saw shipments decline 19.4 per cent, pushing its share down by nearly 4 percentage points to 13.2 per cent….