The Chinese brand RealMe isn’t well known in China, but it managed to zoom to the number 3 position in India’s notoriously competitive mobile phone market. With a 16% market share, the company is now only behind Samsung (20%) and China’s Xiaomi (23%.)
India’s complex regulations and pressure to boost local competition have been challenging to foreign phone-makers. RealMe, which was spun off from China’s Oppo brand, has managed to stay on the good side of regulators by manufacturing within India.
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