BWI: Average Price of a Mobile Phone Sold in India is Rs. 10,764: iShopper Mobile Trends Report

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Source: Accentium Web Pvt Ltd
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:16 AM IST (05:46 AM GMT)
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Average Price of a Mobile Phone Sold in India is Rs. 10,764: iShopper Mobile Trends Report


Gurgaon, Haryana, India, Tuesday, November 27, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- Today iShopper.com, India's leading comparison shopping website, released it's online live mobile trends report, reporting key facts of mobiles listed on it's site. Based on the data on the site, the average price of a mobile phone sold in India is Rs. 10,764 and the median price is Rs. 7,180. 28% of the phones fall in the price range of Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 5,000.

The trends report also shows the split up of phones based on brand and operating system. While Samsung has the highest number of phones in the database (19%), Android is the most widely used operating system with 31% of the Indian market share. 36% of the 538 mobiles listed on iShopper are dual sim phones. 81% of the phones have the bar form factor. The average processor speed of mobile phones sold is 876 Mhz, the average camera resolution is 4MP and the average screen size is 3 inches.

A whopping 58% of the phones sold are now touchscreen phones. Windows OS has so far managed to get only a 4% of the handset volume share. The most popular mobile on iShopper.com continues to be the Samsung Galaxy Y, the attractively priced smartphone from Samsung, running the android operating system.

Vivek Pahwa, Director, Accentium Web said, "The cool thing about this report is that it auto updates every time prices and/or the database is updated. We continue to add new phones to our database, and the prices also change as market prices for the phones change online. While calculating average prices, we use the lowest available price for a phone in the market. We have many exciting and interesting features in development for our users, especially around choosing the perfect mobile phone."

About iShopper.com

iShopper.com is India's leading comparison shopping site, letting users not only compare products in price across sites, but also letting users decide on which products to buy. For standard categories such as electronics, it provides comparison of features and pricing along with reviews from professionals as well as users, news and videos. For non-standard categories such as home products, it aggregates all products sold online, and lets users search using intelligent filters and quickly find what they're looking for. iShopper also has a discount coupons section, featuring the best coupons from the leading ecommerce stores.

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