Counterpoint: Realme almost overtakes Xiaomi in India during October

According to Counterpoint data sent out by Realme in the form of a press release, the manufacturer gained an impressive 18% market share of the Indian smartphone market in October 2021, almost surpassing Xiaomi. The latter was able to pull of 20% market share during the same period.

Xiaomi’s sub-brand Poco didn’t do all that well as it delivered only 2.7% of the sales while Redmi was the main driving factor. Interestingly enough, Realme was also the most popular smartphone brand on Flipkart accounting for 52% of the shipments. Its overall online presence isn’t too shabby as well – the company snatched 27% of the total online sales.

Anyway, in October, Samsung took third place with 16% market share while vivo and Oppo came in fourth and fifth with 13 and 10% share, respectively.