Canalys has prepared its India market report and full report for the fourth quarter of last year 2022. This is the first time we’ve seen a decline in shipments in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter. Compared to the same period last year, the sales volume in the last quarter has dropped staggeringly 26 %Compared with 2022, the overall performance for the year is down 6%.
First time in 13 quarter, Samsung topped the list and became the largest smartphone vendor for the first time since 2017, displacing Millet. However, the latter maintained its lead throughout the 2022 year.
Despite Samsung’s 2022 shipments down 32 %, it managed to end the fourth quarter with 2022 Securing the largest share of the Indian market % share – up 2 percentage points year-on-year. vivo has the fastest sales growth among major suppliers – shipment growth 10% To ensure that the17% market share and second place. 
Mi Q4 fell to the third place, a shocking drop 32 Sales drop percentage, barely ahead of Oppo seen 10% growth, exactly 151, One unit less than Xiaomi’s achievement.
Realme performed even worse in Q4, shipments were only one-third of same period and fell to a rather distant fifth place.
| hawker | Q4 2021 Shipments (Millions) Q4 2022Market Share
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Q4 2017 Shipments (millions) Q4 2017 Market Share |
| Samsung | 6.7 17% | 8.5 | 15% | -19% |
| in vivo | 6.4 | 19% | 5.6 | 14%% | Xiaomi | 5.5
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13% 9.0 | 15% | -32%
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8% | 7.6
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13 % | -40%
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