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Tablets sell three times more than mobile phones in India on ecommerce sites: Snapdeal
TT Correspondent |  |  12 Dec 2012

Mobiles and Tablets are the most searched and most bought products in India. Growth in Tablets market outpaced the growth in Mobiles market by 3 times with Tablets sales growing at the rate of 33% month-on-month as compared to Mobiles sales growth at 11% month-on-month only, a Snapdeal.com  survey said.
 
The insights provided by Snapdeal.com broadly represent the overall mobiles and tablets market in the digital commerce space in India. The insights are based on the sales and traffic seen on Snapdeal.com over a period of three months i.e. July 2012 to September 2012.
 
Some major Key findings states that 80% of the mobiles sold were priced below Rs 5,000 and 95% of the tablets sold were below Rs 10,000. In the low price segment, below Rs. 10,000 Tablets category, Micromax has emerged as the clear leader with the brand’s Funbook range being the highest selling as well as the most searched tablet on Snapdeal.com.
 
The top 5 Mobile phone brands are Micromax, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and HTC whereas Indian Tablets brands like Zync, Penta and Intex are now finding greater acceptability amongst the online shoppers on Snapdeal.com.
 
Trends show that customers now prefer Smartphones versus Feature Phones with Smartphones accounting for 23% of the online market share on Snapdeal.com with almost 50% of the sales of Mobiles and Tablets came from consumers’ residing in Tier-I cities.
 
Some other interesting findings say that Camera is no longer an ancillary feature in mobile phones. The sale of mobile phones with cameras grew by a 100% while that of mobile phones without cameras dropped by 32%. It also says that Symbian 46% and Android 44% were the most preferred operation systems in mobile phones and Android is the most preferred OS in Tablets with a market share of 94%.

    
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12 Dec 2012(IST)  
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Its a great coverage for Tablet and Online Sector Industry in India and Micromax is really doing well in Tablet Segment with impressive price range which attract the masses.
Posted By :- Keshaw Kishore Gupta
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