India has become the leading and second-largest smartphone market in the world. Almost every other week a new phone gets launched providing users with an array of mobile phones to choose from.
While purchasing any mobile phone, it is vital to set your requirements right- your budget followed by other factors like memory, design, battery life, and many more.
To help you make your decision to buy the right mobile phone per your need, we bring to you the 10 best mobile phone brands in India that offer the latest technologies and features in every price range;
The multinational company, Apple is known for its innovative smartphones. It has recently expanded its technology products to the Indian market. It is primarily known for its iPhone, MacBooks, and iPods.
Apple earned revenue of US$ 265.595 billion globally during 2018-19. But with the arrival of the Chinese and other premium Smartphone brands, the sale of iPhones has started reducing. In FY 2018-19, the net India sales of iPhones were just 130.97 billion.
One of the leading consumer electronics product makers globally, Samsung is rated as India's most attractive and trusted brand of mobile. It holds one of the largest lower-priced handsets markets in India with record earnings and profit.
It stands in the second position with a 26.2% market share. The company has taken the lead in the 'Make in India' initiative with the launch of a billion-dollar manufacturing plant in Noida, apart from other manufacturing plants in the country.
In the recent past, OnePlus has become quite famous among the youth in India because of its smartphones' state-of-art designs and features. The brand is widely famous for launching its devices in the premium above-30k segment.
OnePlus does never target the budget and mid-range markets and it launches only one series in a year. Although initially, the brand had to face some trouble in India, it has made a comeback and gained traction among consumers globally.
During 2018-19, it surpassed the biggest rival of all smartphone brands, Apple, to become India's leading 30k+ smartphone brand. That time, One million smartphones from this brand were sold within 22 days.
Within three years of its operation in India, Xiaomi was able to achieve this unprecedented feat because of its amazing specifications at unbeatable prices.
Xiaomi was founded in the year 2010 by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun based on the vision 'innovation for everyone". Xiaomi launched its first smartphone in India back in August 2011 and is now the world's fifth-largest mobile phone marker.
In 2017, this brand beat Samsung to become India's most-selling smartphone brand.
Known to be among the top 10 mobile phone brands in the world, Vivo or Oppo is the third-largest smartphone seller in India. This brand specializes in budget and mid-range phones.
In the first quarter of 2015, Vivo joined the class of top smartphone companies in India, with a market share of 2.7 percent. The Oppo and Vivo both brands are owned by BBK Electronics. But they both compete with each other in the Indian market.
An American Consumer Electronic and Telecommunications company, Motorola is based in Chicago; it was founded in the year 2011. This is currently owned by Lenovo.
The main unique factor about this brand is its stock Android experience that is very neat and simple and its phones support turbo charging that takes very little time in comparison to other regular charging phones.
One of the foremost brands to introduce India to the wonder that mobile phones are, Nokia is still in the leading position. With its basic phones, Nokia rules the hearts of the rural population of India.
Products offered by the company are inexpensive and offer the most promising battery life along with other features, specifically developed and targeted at the rural consumer base.
Lenovo has just entered India's smartphone market but it has quickly climbed the ladder toward success. It came with its Vibe P1 Turbo and set the perfect example of high functional smartphone within an affordable range.
Like the brand's computers and laptops, phones from this brand are rather robust but high in design and style.
Asus is a Taiwan-based multinational laptop and phone hardware company. It is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, and its merchandise embodies desktops, lap netbooks books, mobile phones, networking equipment, monitors, wearables, and many more.
Additionally, Asus launched several Android-based phones, preponderantly with Intel.
The popular Chinese manufacturer, Honor is known for launching its products at an economical price. It is a major rivalry for OnePlus and people in India now love this brand because of its amazing performance and design. The high-end processor and classy looks of Honor phones are very appealing.
These are the top mobile phone brands in India. I hope your favorite brand is also able to grab the position on the list. Please let us know if you have had some of the best or even not-so-good experiences with any of these brands in the comment section.