"Apple had a very good 2020. In the second half, the pent-up demand combined with aggressive pricing, especially by the etailers, really drove its growth," Navkendar Singh, Research Director, Client Devices & IPDS, IDC India, told IANS.

"After the launch of new models in September-October, this was further fuelled by previous-generation models -- iPhone 11, SE 2020 and XR," he added. Bullish on India, Apple CEO Tim Cook last month acknowledged that the online store has received a tremendous response in India.

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He said that Apple has doubled its India smartphone share to 4 per cent (in the December quarter) and the company is ready to launch retail stores in the country in the near future. Despite arriving in October, the iPhone 12 contributed significantly towards the rise of Apple in Q4 2020 in the country.

Apple has already started manufacturing certain iPhone models in India. According to the IDC's Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the India smartphone market exited 2020 at 150 million units, a 1.7 per cent YoY decline, after several years of growth.

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