Xiaomi is still the hot choice for Indian people. As per the recent IDC data for Q2, 2018, Xiaomi is still the leader in India’s smartphone market with 29.7%. If you just see the online smartphone shipment, Xiaomi has 55.6% market share. It shows that Xiaomi has managed to grow with the same pace.
Xiaomi new by 107.6% from Q2 2017 to Q2 2018 that makes it fastest growing smartphone brand in top 5. It also has 24% higher shipments than the second largest vendor in the country.
Overall Smartphone Shipments
| S.No | Smartphone Vendor | Market Share |
| 1 | Xiaomi | 29.7% |
| 2 | Samsung | 23.9% |
| 3 | vivo | 12.6% |
| 4 | OPPO | 7.6% |
| 5 | Transsion | 5.0% |
The company has confirmed that its offline presence has been improved in recent months. The 33% overall shipments came from offline channels in 2Q18. They are trying to hard to penetrate the offline market to expand their reach.
If we look at the top 5 smartphones shipped in Q2 2018, 4 phones were from Xiaomi. These phones are Redmi 5A, Redmi Note 5 Pro, Redmi Note 5 and Redmi 5. These 4 phones accounted for 26% of overall smartphone shipments in the country in Q2 2018. It shows how Xiaomi has manage to hold Indian consumers.
| S.No | Smartphone | Market Share |
| 1 | Redmi 5A | 9.82% |
| 2 | Redmi Note 5 Pro | 6.22% |
| 3 | Redmi Note 5 | 5.22% |
| 4 | Redmi 5 | 4.40% |
| 5 | Vivo Y71 | 4.29% |
After ruling in budget segment, now Xiaomi wants to focus on premium segment with its new sub-brand POCO. POCO has already confirmed to launch its first phone POCO F1 in India on August 22. The new sub-brand is for premium flagship phones to compete with OnePlus that has already dethroned Samsung in premium segment.
