Mobiles and tablets fell from 55.79% of Flipkart's electronics orders to 53.87%, down 1.92 points. On Amazon it fell from 53.52% to 49.18%, down 4.34 points, the platform's largest single category move this quarter on a platform where nothing else moved more than 1.5 points.
Inside the category, the brands that gained were not the ones you would expect from a shrinking market.
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Apple gained 3.01 percentage points on Flipkart, tripling its share of mobile orders from 1.64% to 4.65%. Flipkart's own SmartBuy line added 1.74. OnePlus and Samsung both gained on Amazon, up 2.37 and 2.12 points respectively. Every other brand with meaningful presence on either platform lost ground. Motorola fell 3.88 points on Flipkart from a starting position of 12.83%, its largest single brand decline. Poco fell 3.34, Vivo 2.26, Nothing 2.01 on Flipkart and 1.16 on Amazon, iQOO 1.64 on Amazon, Infinix 1.69 on Flipkart.
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The pattern holds across both platforms even though the specific winners differ. Flipkart's gain went to Apple. Amazon's went to OnePlus and Samsung. What both platforms share is that their premium and flagship-adjacent brands took share while their budget and mid-range brands lost it, inside a category that was contracting as a share of total electronics orders on both.
Two other categories moved the same direction on both platforms in the same quarter. Car and vehicle electronics gained 4.52 points on Flipkart and 1.52 on Amazon. Computers and laptops gained 2.20 on Flipkart and 0.26 on Amazon. Audio moved in opposite directions: down 4.31 points on Flipkart, up 0.92 on Amazon.
For a mobile brand, the read depends on where you sit. If you compete at the Motorola, Poco or Vivo end, this quarter shows both major platforms simultaneously narrowing toward the top of the category. If you sit at the Apple, OnePlus or Samsung end, a shrinking category made more room for you inside it, not less.
Tags: Electronics · Flipkart · Amazon · Mobiles · Q2 2026 · Consumer panel data
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