In Q3, 2019, India’s smartphone shipments reached a record 46.6 million units, up 9.3% year-on-year, of which 70% was occupied by Chinese mobile phone brands.

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In just 17 months, why can realme threaten Xiaomi in the Indian mobile phone market?

India, with a large population and low smartphone penetration rate, has been a key market for Chinese mobile phone manufacturers. IDC recently announced the latest situation in the third quarter of the Indian mobile phone market. In Q19, in 2019, India’s smartphone shipments reached a record 46.6 million units, up 9.3% year-on-year, of which 70% was occupied by Chinese mobile phone brands.

Xiaomi is still the number one mobile phone manufacturer, Q3 shipped 12.6 million, with a market share of 27.1%, and the second Samsung opened the distance. The shipment of Samsung Q3 is 8.5% lower than last year, and it is the only brand with negative growth in the top five. Backgammon followed, and vivo shipments were 7.1 million, an increase of 58.7% year-on-year. But the most noteworthy is the rise of the OPPO system, OPPO’s sub-brand realme has reached the fourth position, shipments increased four times to 6.7 million, even more than the main brand OPPO.

realme is the mobile phone sub-brand that OPPO released in India last May, with OPPO…

Editor’s comment:Before mentioning the Indian mobile phone market, I always said that Xiaomi, Jiajia, and now have a realme. The rise of realme explains to some extent…

B2B trading platform that has been on fire for so long, where should entrepreneurs start?

The B2B trading platform has become a popular concept since 2015, and its positioning is “industrial supply support.” From the perspective of better prices, more choices, and more reliable performance, the procurement of upstream related raw materials and products through online trading platforms will become an irreversible trend. Jingwei’s Chinese partner Xiong Fei summarized some of the elements of the rise of the B2B platform in an article in the public account “Jingwei Venture Capital”, combining his years of experience in investing in the B2B trading platform. The following is his point of view.

B2B trading platform wants to succeed, first choose the right big track. From the perspective of the development path of the US market, large-scale competitions such as logistics, industrial products, auto parts, and building materials are more likely to grow large-scale leading companies. Beyond the big track, the B2B field also breaks down two small tracks: the industry that has the demand for goods and the industry that has no demand for goods.

In industries with demand for goods, commodity prices and demand have been changing, upstream and downstream transactions cannot achieve long-term stable cooperation, and the trading platform itself has long value.The existence of the period, so the trading platform company is more suitable as a start; and in the industry where there is no demand for goods…

Editor’s comment:In the view of Jingwei China partner Xiong Fei, how to cut in and execute the B2B trading platform is often important…

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