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Apple Makes Progress in India as iPhone Sales Rise 34% to Record

  • Apple had the highest revenue in India, Counterpoint estimates
  • Xiaomi, Samsung led the market in number of smartphones sold
A billboard for the Apple Inc. iPhone in Mumbai in April of 2021. 

A billboard for the Apple Inc. iPhone in Mumbai in April of 2021. 

Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
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Apple Inc. had its strongest quarter for iPhone sales in India yet, a sign the Cupertino, Calif.-based company is finally making progress in the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market. 

Sales increased to 2.3 million units in the fourth quarter, up 34% from a year earlier, according to numbers from the market research firm Counterpoint. China’s Xiaomi Corp. and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. sold 9.3 million and 7.2 million smartphones for the quarter respectively, leading in terms of units.