The number of smartphone shipments dipped heavily in India due to the novel corona virus situation. But there’s more to it.
India’s smartphone market is one of the key places for smartphone makers. Due to the novel coronavirus situation, smartphone shipments in India were either delayed or got cancelled. This hugely affected the number of shipments of the world’s second largest smartphone market. The shipments actually fell by 48 per cent in the second quarter of this year, when you compare it to the previous year.
A Singapore-based technology market analyst firm called Canalys noted that about 17.3 million smartphone units shipped in Q2 2020, down from 33 million in Q2 2019 and 33.5 million in Q1 2020.
The COVID-19 virus spreading is certainly one of the main reasons in the fall of smartphone shipments in India but there is more to it. Indian government issued an edict to stay at home in late March 2020.
