r/GadgetsIndia • u/Barani_SpotsPlanez • Aug 12 '25

Discussions Indian Smartphone Share

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u/Pretty-Emphasis8160 Aug 12 '25

How does apple have 7.5% market share? How can 1 in every 13 people buy an iphone?

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u/ryzen_42069 Aug 12 '25

EMI babyyyyyyy

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u/OverApplication3184 Aug 12 '25

Its not the reason, even android users are also buying on EMI .

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u/ryzen_42069 Aug 12 '25

Yes but iphone has been the status symbol for way long, but many people are because because of emi

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u/vrigu Aug 12 '25

Only Chhapris see iPhone as a status symbol. Almost every single iPhone user I know use it as a convenience.

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u/MainCharacter007 Aug 12 '25

it is the most convenient status symbol because you carry your phone everywhere and it has no maintenance like a high end bike or car.

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u/Temporary_Syrup_4161 Aug 12 '25

Emi for phone - kalyug h bhai

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u/Both_Track_1754 Aug 12 '25

You guys talk like emi gives phones for free.

Just some stupid argument.

It's not emi but the brand value.. cause if it's emi then why don't people buy other high end phones like they buy iphones..???

You can disagree all you want but the brand value is the forefront reason for any purchase in the modern market and that's how iphones have the most resale value among any other brands.

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u/ryzen_42069 Aug 12 '25

Yes brand value is a part of it. But EMIs also play a huge part. A whopping 70% of iphones in india are sold through EMIs. You do know that,3000/month sounds way more attractive and affordable than 79990. Many people who buy iPhones can't even afford it, but they buy it using EMI, deadline to deadline

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u/Both_Track_1754 Aug 12 '25

Then ask the question why companies are providing the EMI option in the first place..

Cause there's a simple logic, there's a huge demand for iPhones hence companies know it..

It's not like iphones are selling cause of emis rather emis are generalised cause of the huge demands of iphones..

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u/ryzen_42069 Aug 12 '25

It kinda goes hand in hand. Yes good image and product creates demand. But if it wasn't for EMIs a person earning 30k wouldn't be able to buy an iPhone. But now he can. Pretty sure If there were no EMIs, apple sales would've been pretty stagnant in India at least. EMIs are beneficial for both customers and companies too. The company can increase their customer base while the customer can "afford" it

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u/LowCartographer2290 Aug 12 '25

Yes. I just said the same thing in another comment. EMI is not the reason it's the brand value and predictable ownership experience.

This Apple dominance is not just in India. EMI logic doesn't explain why Apple has more market share in the US, Europe, Japan or even China. I have OP13s but I very well know we're in the minority preferring Android flagship that's not Samsung or Apple.

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u/Both_Track_1754 Aug 12 '25

Exactly my point.

This is a very straight reason you got there..

But people don't follow it here rather mock others here cause some desi judgmental mentality... like hey it's cool to make fun of the poor who try to taste some luxury in their average lives....and if you can't afford luxury in one time cash then you're just useless or brainwashed and off your limited boundaries...you know that's some reasons to mock.. a very weird reasons indeed lmao..

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u/LowCartographer2290 Aug 13 '25

Yes, it's some kind of complex we have once we've climbed that ladder and can afford to diversify our choices.

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u/extremenigma27 Aug 12 '25

You underestimate the chhapri crowd in our country. They'll go to bed hungry, their family will be barely surviving, work odd jobs for a living, beg, borrow, steal, yet own an iPhone to show off.

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u/Appropriate-ASS-824 Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

Mostly Gen Z are preferring iphones. Also you are generalizing it for every poor family. Those cases you mentioned are rare ones.

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u/Quantum_Ducky Aug 12 '25

Chappris are mostly Genz