Best-selling smartphone models in India 2025, by market share

In September 2025, the Apple iPhone 16 was the best-selling smartphone in India with a share of **** percent. This was followed by Redmi 14C 5G, Oppo K13x 5G, Vivo Y29 5G, and Apple iPhone 15.

Android market

India was the second-largest market for Android smartphones. And in 2024, more than *** million smartphones were sold in the country, and the number is likely to grow in the following years. Realme has a great potential for growth as it has been marketed as a youth-centric smartphone with great quality at an affordable price. Realme has plans to launch new lifestyle products other than just smartphones. As the country has rolled out 5G services by the end of 2022, companies have started offering their first 5G phones in India.

Common activities on smartphones

With affordable and cheap smartphones, India’s data consumption was the highest in the world. The data usage per smartphone was at an average of ** GB per month, according to a report by Ericsson. Data was mainly used for video calls, followed by scanning QR codes and using mobile payment apps that increased the mobile data traffic.