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India has recorded a big rise in smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2021, but this is likely to be reversed just as sharply during the second quarter, as the coronavirus takes a vice-like grip on the country.

India's true wireless stereo hearables market took off in the third quarter, with growth of 723% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this was one of the few segments that managed to defy the economic slowdown in the country.

Smartphone shipments in India, the second largest market after China, grew to 53 million units in the third quarter of 2020, the highest it has reached for a single quarter, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says, adding that this represented a 9% rise year-on-year.

A drop in the decline of smartphone shipments in June, when there was only a small fall of 0.3% year-on-year, ensured that Indian smartphone shipments would recover to some extent in the second quarter and end with 18 million units, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.