new delhi, April 17 -- Pandemic lockdowns and remote work sparked a scramble for smartphones in India, a tide that ebbed as the world returned to normal. After a two-year slump that followed, sales appear to have turned the corner in the March quarter, promising cheer for phone makers in the world's second-largest smartphone market.
Smartphone shipments in the March quarter rose 5% from a year earlier to 32.5-35 million units, data gathered from four industry analysts showed.
Smartphone sales peaked in the March quarter of 2021 with 38 million units, according to data from International Data Corp. (IDC) India. Shipments have fallen since then, dropping 3% year-on-year in Q1 of 2022 and a further 16% in Q1 of 2023.
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