Opera: Indian Smartphone Usage Increased 137 per cent
- Monday, April 29th, 2013
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The number of Opera Mini users on smartphones in India increased by 136.6 per cent during the last year, according to data from Opera.
However, this still only accounts for 19 per cent of the total number of Opera Mini users in the country, the single biggest market for the browser.
Opera Mini is designed to also be used on feature phones. However, as might be expected, data usage is significantly higher on smartphones, with the number of webpages viewed 29.5 per cent higher on Android devices, the most popular smartphone OS in the country. 
Samsung dominates the Indian Android market, holding nine of the top 10 Android devices, based on Opera Mini usage, and 31 of the top 100.
The data also showed that the popularity of cheaper, low-end handsets, with all but one of the top 10 Android devices costing less than 10,000 Indian Rupees (£120).
