Samsung has claimed that their share in Indian smartphone market has shot up to 40% in June, as compared to 35% in January this year. The announcement was made by Asim Warsi, VP Marketing (IT and mobile), Samsung India. He said, "our market share (smartphone) has crossed 40 percent by value in June this year. Since January 2015, we continued to grow for six consecutive months and widened the gap (market share)." Samsung has made the claims on the basis of data gathered by GfK.
He also said, "our market share during January 2015 was about 35 percent." and "India is an encouraging market with double digit growth." Although, he didn't comment on the sales revenue, but Samsung had recaptured the #1 spot global smartphone market in Q1 2015.
Samsung has released 16 devices so far in the Indian market this year. Recently, they launched the Samsung Galaxy A8 for Rs. 32,500. The phone has Exynos 5 octa-core processor, 32GB internal memory, 2GB RAM, 16MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, 5.7" Full HD display, and 3050mAh battery. However, the sales of this device will be interesting to see as Samsung had to reduce the price of Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge after facing a drop in profits.
Other than this, Samsung has announced the Samsung Unpacked event for August 13 where they are expected to launch Galaxy Note 5. The details regarding the specs of Note 5 have been leaked as well. Continuing with the Samsung rumors, there are also expectations regarding the release of Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus. If it is true, then it will be there third device in Galaxy S series after the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge.