IDC: vivo and Oppo are squeezing Samsung out of India

Samsung isn’t doing very well in India, to put it lightly. The company that was once No.1 in the smartphone market over there has now dropped to third, according to a new IDC report talking about the third quarter of this year (July to September).

vivo rules the Indian market with 15.8% market share and 20% growth compared to Q3 2023, followed by Oppo with 13.9% market share and a whopping 47.6% growth compared to the year-ago quarter.

Samsung only managed 12.3% of the pie, going down 19.7% – and that’s the second biggest drop in the top ten, only outdone by OnePlus which is in…