India, Aug. 18 -- Even as phones become more expensive to buy, India's smartphone shipments haven't exactly slowed down, even though phone makers including Samsung, Vivo, Oppo and OnePlus have hiked prices of existing phones, while recent launches such as the new Google Pixel phones factor inflation into launch prices. Latest data from CyberMedia Research (CMR) indicates that while India's Q2 2026 smartphone shipments have declined year-on-year, there is a positive trajectory in sequential quarters.

In Q2, as many as 34 million smartphones were shipped in India, up from 31 million a quarter earlier. However, this number is lower than the Q2 2025's 37 million shipments. Menka Kumari, senior analyst, CyberMedia Research points to a very vi...