IDC notes the smartphone shipments dropped 4 percent from the previous quarter, while feature phone shipments dropped 14 percent. A total of 64.3 million mobile phones were shipped in Q4, a drop of 11 percent from Q3 2014, and a drop of 5 percent from Q4 2013.
The market research firm also observed migration from feature phones to smartphones is accelerating, with the smartphones taking a 35 percent share of the total mobile phone market in Q4 2014, a rise of 13 percent from Q4 2013.
Coming to the all-important vendor market share figures, we see Samsung keep its top spot with a 22 percent market share, Micromax close behind with an 18 percent share, followed by Intex with a 8 percent share, Lava with a 7 percent share, and Xiaomi with a 4 percent share. The other smartphone vendors made up the remaining 41 percent share.
Coming to the overall mobile phone (feature phones and smartphones) vendor market share, Samsung stayed on top with a 17 percent share, followed by Micromax with a 15 percent share, Nokia with a 10 percent share, Lava with an 8 percent share, and Intex also featuring an 8 percent share.
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