Chinese Mobile Companies List in India of 2024

In the past few decades the mobile phone industry is increasing like anything. Especially in India the smartphone market grew 11% in 2018 with tag mobile company like Samsung, Vivo, OPPO, Apple.

Especially the china mobile company have acquired a huge part in the Indian market. Today in this blog we will discuss a list of the china mobile company in India. These companies especially manufacture phones for gaming, fashion and entertainment.

These Chinese mobiles are made like that for the most popular Chinese apps such as PUBG, Helo, Club factory and many more.      

The border dispute has resulted in calls for boycott of Chinese companies in India. But now also Indian smartphone market is currently dominated by Chinese companies.

With four out of the top five companies belonging to the country as per a Counterpoint report. Samsung is the only non-Chinese company among the top smartphone makers.

Here is the list of top China mobile company in India with best brand of mobiles, The name also include Alcatel, Qiku, Gfive Mobile Phones, ZTE Mobile and Haier Corporation, also into the business of consumer electronics like washing machines, refrigerators, Air Conditioner and televisions.

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12 Most Popular Chinese Mobile Company List

1. Xiaomi

Xiaomi was the largest smart phone company in China, leading both the largest smartphone as well as television market of India and China. It was first entered to the Indian market on July 13, 2014, in partnership with Flipkart to sell its MI 3 for 13,999 INR.

And now today, it has become the most sold mobile brand in India and is leading the electronic market among other chief brands.

The most popular brands of Xiaomi smartphones are Mi Note Series, Mi Series and Redmi Series. It has captured 30% of the Indian smartphone market in Q1 2020, achieving a 6% year-on-year growth. The 30% market share is highest ever for the company since Q1 2018.

2. OnePlus 1+

OnePlus creates beautifully designed smartphone with best technology. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer opening new OnePlus stores as well as new service centre in India.

While OnePlus is not among the top smartphones in terms of overall market share, it dominates the premium smartphone segment.

As per a Counterpoint report, OnePlus grabbed the top position in the premium segment in 2019 with a market share of 33%, beating established giants like Samsung and Apple.

3. Vivo

It is one of the most popular Chinese mobile brands in India along with Oppo, Realme, Xiaomi and OnePlus. Vivo entered India with Oppo in 2014 with the similar concept of selling its camera phone.

It has also sponsored many gaming events to promote its performance and dominated the Indian mobile sales. Vivo recorded a 40% year-on-year growth and captured 17% of the Indian smartphone market in Q1 2020. However, the company’s market share fell from 21% in Q4 2019 to 17% in Q1 2020.

4. Oppo

The Oppo mobile communications company is one of the leading manufacturer of smartphones in India and top smartphone brand in China.

Oppo entered India in 2014 to woo Indian customers with its fancy camera phone. It launched a huge marketing campaign that covered Indian ‘bazaars’ is Oppo banners. With some most popular Indian celebrities it got into the minds of young Indians.

The Chinese brand Oppo is also a sponsor in Indian national cricket team.  It has captured 12% of the Indian smartphone market.

5. Realme

Realme was launched as a sub-brand of Oppo and later became an independent brand. But now it is a Shenzhen based independent company. Realme entered Indian mobile market in May 2018.

The Realme U1 and Realme 3 were launched as an Amazon India exclusive and as a Flipkart India exclusive. It has now overtaken Oppo in the Indian smartphone segment and recorded a 119% year-on-year growth. It has captured 14% of the Indian smartphone market.

To take on the budget segment and competes with Xiaomi’s Redmi line-up. The company’s sales in the first quarter were driven by the Realme 5i and Realme C3.

6. Lenovo (Motorola)

Lenovo Chinese company is the world’s largest personal computer vendor and also one of the largest manufacturer of tablet, smartphones and laptops.

The Lenovo Group acquired the popular smart phone brand company, Motorola Mobility from Google. Motorola has captured 2.42% of the Indian smartphone market.

7. Meizu

Meizu Technology moved its focus to smartphones in 2008 and today one of the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. The MEIZU M6T, MEIZU 16th are the two most popular smartphones available in India from Meizu with screen fingerprint recognition with 20 MP front cameras.

8. Coolpad

Coolpad is a large smartphone company in China. It is offering wide range of smartphones geared with metal body, fingerprint scanner, 4000 MAh battery and front-facing camera.

Coolpad is another smartphone company. It is not much popular as compared to other Chinese brands but recently Chinese investors put in $500 million into Coolpad and have set eyes on 5G shares. It has captured 3-5 % of the Indian smartphone market.

9. Zopo Mobile

Zopo entered into the Indian market of smartphone with their product Speed 7 and Speed 8 smartphone in August 2015. The Zopo Mobile headquartered in Shenzhen of China and is the first company to launched Linux OS smartphone in India, now become one of the strongest Chinese mobile brand in India along with Oppo and Vivo.

10. Huawei

Huawei sells consumer electronics and smartphones in India, also opened a research and development center in Bangalore. It is also a competitor among many Chinese mobile companies in India.

They sell mobiles, tablets, watches, and speakers. Their most popular mobile was ‘honor’ that did extremely well in the Indian market. It has captured 14.57% of the Indian smartphone market.

11. Tecno Mobile

Tecno Chinese mobile is based in Hong Kong, officially entered into the Indian market in April 2016 and also identified India as one of the top emerging markets of smartphone in Asia along with Bangladesh and Nepal. It has captured 7% of the Indian smartphone market.

12. Gionee

Gionee introduced its first Made in India smartphone F103. Today Gionee India was sold to Karbonn Mobiles. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer from Shenzhen was one of the top leader in China’s mobile phone market before going bankrupt. It has captured 0.85% of the Indian smartphone market in 2019.

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Conclusion

This was the list of top 12 Chinese companies operating in the Indian Market. A large percentage of the Indian population buys Chinese smartphones as other alternatives are costly.

These companies have acquired the market through a smart strategy of a wide price range and it’s apparent that they’re not going anywhere anytime soon.