Symphony topped the handset with the feature and smartphone in the country in the year 2017. However, South Korean brand Samsung was at the top of the smartphone market as the financial pricing. And at the lowest position in the sales competition, the Chinese brand Xiaomi and the newly returned Nokia market.
At the same time, 3 million 44 million mobile handsets were imported in the country.The mobile handset importers organization Bangladesh Mobile Phone Importer's Association (BMPIA) annual report revealed the information. The report was released on Monday.
Bimi joint secretary Md. Mejbahuddin said, "More than 30 percent of smartphones are expected to be sold this year compared to 2017. Because the demand for smartphones will increase due to the introduction of mobile phones, it is normal."He further said, "After the introduction of the 4G, the number of mobile phones continued to increase in the market. 4G smartphones are being imported for new import Their prices are also fairly close to the 3G smartphone."
According to BMPI's annual report, more than 30 lakh handsets were imported in the year before in the year 2017. As such, the rate of growth was 11 percent higher than the previous year.Feature phone sales were up 14 percent and smartphones had one percent. Feature phone imported 207 million in 2017; Where there were 20 million 30 million in imported in 2016. In the case of smartphones, the amount of import was 8 million in 2016 and 2016.
It is seen in the report that in the year 2017 20 brands were seen in the market. According to the number, according to the feature and smartphone sales were topped by the local brand Symphony. As a result, Symphony had 30 percent market share.Only 26 percent of Samsung's market share was the highest market share in the market price.
According to BMMP, the number of Symphony market shares was 30 percent, Samsung's 14 percent, Huawei 9 percent, Walton's 8 percent, Lover 7 percent, Etel 5 percent, Micromax 3 percent, Nokia 2 percent, and 20 percent of the 20 brands, We and Xiaomi's 1 percent and the other 13 percent.On the other hand, Samsung's share of smartphone sales was 26 percent, Symphony 21 percent, Huawei 13 percent, 10 percent, Walton 6 percent, lava 5 percent, Xiaomi 4 percent, ITEL and Nokia 3 percent and 9 percent.
According to the report, the number of feature phone imports is high, but considering the market value of the sale, the smartphone was occupied by 68 percent and the feature phone was 32 percent. In the market in the year 2010, the highest number of handsets worth 3 to 6 thousand handsets have been sold.
It is said in the report that already the mobile handset market created in Bangladesh has come to the market. Within the next few months, several brand-ready mobile handsets will be marketed. This will make mobile phones more readily available. BMPI created in Bangladesh will also be interested in creating the necessary policies for export abroad. Besides, BMPI is also involved with government plans to create mobile handsets database. When this database is created, the worst way to get stolen is to stop the poor handsets.
BMPI joint secretary Mejbahuddin told Samakal, "Smartphone sales in 2010 were lower than expected. The main reason for this was the instability of 3G mobile networks. Customers will be more interested in buying more smartphones when the desired service is available in 3G network.
He also said, 'Four years have been launched in this year. If the quality of the mobile network is confirmed, then the sale of smartphones this year will increase significantly.More than 30 percent more smartphone sales are expected this year than last year, the BMPI joint secretary said.
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Samakal