Samsung predicted to lose major chunk of its share in India’s premium smartphone market

Samsung has been on top of India’s smartphone market for a few years now, its current market share stands at 48 percent. Market research agency Counterpoint Research has come up with a new report which claims that Samsung is going to lose a significant chunk of its market share in the high-end segment due to the Galaxy Note 7 crisis and strong potential of the iPhone 7.

The report estimates that Samsung had a 58 percent share in India’s high-end smartphone market in the third quarter of this year, only handsets priced at Rs. 30,000 ($450) and above are included in this segment. It’s predicted that the market share in this segment is going to see a significant decline in the October-December quarter this year and that Samsung would not be able to benefit from the usual increase in sales due to the festive season.

Click here to read the rest of the article