Smartphone shipments slip, Chinese brands lose ground

Vivo’s shipments dropped 34% to 6.4 million — the sharpest decline among the top five.

Repeated price increases disrupted retailers’ inventory planning, while limited supplies of entry-level phones weakened its position.

Xiaomi’s traditional appeal of offering more features for the money also came under pressure.

Rising component costs forced trade-offs on pricing and memory configurations, with shipments falling 28% to 4.7 million.

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Source attribution: Times of India – Business.

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