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Ian Anthony Marketing Strategy Used by 2 Top Mobile Brands Samsung and Xiaomi
Ian Anthony Marketing Strategy Used by 2 Top Mobile Brands Samsung and Xiaomi
ON
“MARKETING STRATEGY USED BY TWO TOP MOBILE
BRANDS SAMSUNG AND XIAOMI”
SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY
Session 2020-2021
I hereby declare that the field work entitled of “MARKETING STRATEGY USED BY
TWO TOP MOBILE BRANDS SAMSUNG AND XIAOMI” submitted to the BBDITM,
Shukla(College Guide) and this field study report is submitted in the partial fulfillment of Bachelor in
Business Administration.
BRIAN ANTHONY
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
No project report ever reflects the efforts of a single individual. The report owes its existence to the
constant support and guidance of a number of people. I am thankful to all of them.
I would like to thank all the respondents for giving their valuable time and providing useful insight
into finer aspects of marketing.
I am grateful to my coordinator Mr. D. K. Shukla who have guided me to the completion of the field
study report.
I am also grateful to all those who have either directly or indirectly contributed towards the
completion of the project, for their support and encouragement.
BRIAN ANTHONY
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PREFACE
I have put my sincere efforts to accomplish my objectives within the stipulated time. Despite all
limitations, obstructs, hurdles and hindrances, I have toiled and worked to my optimum potential to
achieve desired goals. I am presenting this hand carved effort. I tried my level best to conduct a survey
to gain a thorough knowledge about the project on topic, “MARKETING STRATEGY USED BY
TWO TOP MOBILE BRANDS SAMSUNG AND XIAOMI.” I put the best of my efforts and have
also tried to be justice with available. If anywhere something is found unacceptable or unnecessary to
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Declaration
Acknowledgement
Preface
1. Introduction 6-20
5. 31
Limitations
7. . Findings 42
9. Conclusions 44
10 Questionnaire 45-46
11. . Bibliography 47
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INTRODUCTION
Mobile phones are nowadays basic need for everyone. We use it to keep in touch with our family
and friends, Browse, gaming, and for various other purposes. The mobile industries have strong
competition and they are forced to bring new technological innovations, and marketing strategies
Samsung is one of the trusted brands in mobile market. It has been growing steadily in Indian
market. Samsung has good distribution network which helps it to reach the market. To develop
the ways in which it create new product and develops new and real markets with a view to
offering its customers fitter service. A. Marketing Strategy Important Marketing strategy is a
clear vision for company’s future. A business and clearly laid to strategy helps to positively
business goals, activities, aims and strategy marketing to prioritize each of your tasks as they
arrive.
Marketing strategies can help you to greatest the resources at your trading. Marketing plan makes
2) How to reach them. And how to retain them. Mobile companies follows a good marketing
strategy. It has covered its customers through ads, Mobile companies spends made on ads and
marketing. Its distribution and direct deals help in watching the customers and after sales service
Benefits Of Marketing Strategies 1) Translate the company objectives, mission, vision into
successful marketing operators 4) Marketing is the promotion of your business getting the
recognition and attention of your target 5) Going hand-in-hand with this is the enhanced brand
recognition 6) The most important benefit of marketing is therefore quite simply improving the
businesses profits by boosting of sales 7) Marketing is cheaper than traditional form of marketing.
industry veteran with experience of over 15 years, Anuj boasts of having delivered many
Xiaomi is a customer focussed brand and our Mi Fan centric approach has enabled us to
attain the position of No.1 smartphone brand in India. We are driven by the core
and Mi Fans through social media and various meets to gather frequent feedback on their
needs and Xiaomi product experience. This helps us better understand our consumers’
preferences and further enhance user experiences by incorporating the relevant feedback
into the product discourse. We also offer Mi Home experience centres across India,
where we not only sell products but also give Mi Fans and customers an opportunity to
explore our diverse portfolio of products sold globally, thereby creating an invaluable
consumer experience.
We’re also able to achieve this through our products which come with great quality, the
best specs and truly honest pricing. In addition to a great product, creating a robust after
sales -customer support system also helps create a higher brand recall. We have built a
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dedicated customer service network with 6,000+ members to ensure utmost customer
satisfaction.
Xiaomi recently teamed up with Ranveer Singh, one of the most successful Bollywood
quirky and fun-spirited webfilm showcasing our collaboration with Ranveer Singh, not
just with a TVC but by also using both Ranveer’s and our social media and digital
platforms, which worked very effectively with the millennials. It helped us gain greater
visibility and build a stronger sense of consumer loyalty. This generation requires brands
to be straightforward and not use any complex approaches to market. They are tech savvy
and social media friendly and are always online and connected. Hence, it is very
important to target them across all the digital and online mediums. We, at Xiaomi have
often introduced simple yet innovative campaigns that have strongly connected with this
methods.
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COMPANY PROFLE
Xiaomi is a Chinese brand that designs, develops and sells Smartphone, mobile apps and
laptops related to consumer electronics.
Xiaomi released its first smartphone in 2011 and has rapidly gaining market share in
china and other part on the world; it became china’s biggest smartphone company in
2014. As of 2018 xiaomi is 5th largest smartphone company. Xiaomi has expanded into
developing a wider range of consumer electronics, including a smart home device
ecosystem.
Xiaomi has over 15k employees in china, India, Malaysia Singapore etc and is expanding
to other countries such as Indonesia and Philippines and South Africa. Lei jun the
founder and CEO has an estimated net worth of us$6.8B. He is china’s 24thrichest person
as by 2017. Xiaomi is worlds 4th most valuable tech startup after it receives 1.1B$
Funding from investors and making its Xiaomi is a Chinese electronics and software
company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi valuation more than us46B$
Xiaomi was founded in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun based on the vision
“innovation for everyone”.
We believe that high-quality products built with cutting-edge technology should be made
accessible to everyone.
We create remarkable hardware, software, and Internet services for and with the help of
our Mi fans. We incorporate
their feedback into our product range, which currently includes Mi and Redmi
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smartphones, Mi TVs and set-top boxes,
Mi routers, and Mi Ecosystem products including smart home products, wearable’s and
other accessories.
With presence in over 30 countries and regions, Xiaomi is expanding its footprint across
the world to become a global brand.
Xiaomi
Type Private
Consumer electronics
Industry
Computer hardware
Founded 6 April 2010; 8 years ago
Area served
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Lin Bin (林斌)(President)
Manu Kumar Jain (Vice
president)
Mobile phones
Smartphones
Tablet computers
Products
Smart home devices
Laptops
Smart TV
Number of
Approximately 15,000[1]
employees
Hisami
Mijia
Subsidiaries Aqara
Yeelight
Amazfit
Mi.com
Website
Mi.com - International
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COMPANY PROFILE
Industry Conglomerate
Smart i-phones
Telecommunication system
Website Samsung.com
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HISTORY
Unlike other electronic companies Samsung origins were not involving electronics but
other products.
In 1938 the Samsung's founder Byung-Chull Lee set up a trade export company in Korea,
selling fish, vegetables, and fruit to China. Within a decade Samsung had flour mills and
From 1958 onwards Samsung began to expand into other industries such as financial,
media, chemicals and ship building throughout the 1970's. In 1969, Samsung Electronics
was established producing what Samsung is most famous for, Televisions, Mobile I-
phones (throughout 90's), Radio's, Computer components and other electronics devices.
1987 founder and chairman, Byung-Chull Lee passed away and Kun-Hee Lee took over
as chairman. In the 1990's Samsung began to expand globally building factories in the
US, Britain, Germany, Thailand, Mexico, Spain and China until 1997.
In 1997 nearly all Korean businesses shrunk in size and Samsung was no exception. They
sold businesses to relieve debt and cut employees down lowering personnel by 50,000.
But thanks to the electronic industry they managed to curb this and continue to grow.
The history of Samsung and mobile i-phones stretches back to over 10 years. In 1993
Samsung developed the 'lightest' mobile phone of its era. The SCH-800 and it was
Samsung has made steady growth in the mobile industry and are currently second but
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Samsung Telecommunications
belonging to the Samsung Group, and consists of the Mobile Communications Division,
produces a full spectrum of products from mobiles and other mobile devices such as MP3
In 2018 Samsung Telecommunication Business reported over 40% growth and became
the second largest mobile device manufacturer in the world. Its market share was 14% in
Q4 2018, growing up form 11.3% in Q4 2006. At the end of November 2011, Samsung
sold more than 300 million mobile devices and set still in second after APPLE with 300.6
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Subsidiaries and affiliates
As of April 2011, Samsung Group was comprised of 59 unlisted companies and 19 listed
companies, all of which had their primary listing on the Korea Exchange stock exchange.
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Samsung Vision
Samsung India's Vision entails helping people improve the quality of their lives by
providing them with superior quality, state -of-the-art technology products at the
country though its export commitments and large scale production facilities generating
quality systems and helping them in improv ing them in their own quality
systems and production processes and setting benchmarks for the industry both in terms
of after sales service for our products, quality systems and management techniques at our
community some of the profits we earn from it, through the social causes we espouse. We
operating here, conforming to the laws of the country and committed to working
for the Indian community. We want and to be seen as the 'Most Respected' Indian
Company.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The subject matter for this miniProject is to study the consumer behavior towards the
Apple & Samsung mobiles. This project consists of different objectives. They are as
follows::-
• To study the comparative marketing analysis with reference to apple and Samsung in
Lucknow Market.
• To know about the consumer preference level associated with Apple & Samsung
mobiles.
• To know which advertisement media puts more impact on the buying decision of
customer.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research is the systematic and objective search for the analysis of the information
relevant to the identification and solution of any problem in the field of channel
development. The objective behind this project was to get a deep insight into the answers
To the questions “what are the general problem faced by the subscribers and
what they expect from mobile handsets providers and study of current mobile market”.
The object of the survey was the mobile users of various mobile companies.
The essence of research conducted by us is to analyze the present market position of
APPLE & Samsung mobiles among its competitors and the problem which are being
faced by customer, wholesaler, and retailers. The eventual objectives are to suggest some
recommendation to the company so as to enable them to increase their market share.
Only in analyzing my sample follows no conventional method. The total analyze is based
on the internees the question put on before our sample size. A research of this can’t be
done all once through large area in limited time so NABHA has been selected for
research.
The second step of marketing research process calls for developing the most efficient
plan for gathering the need information. While designing a research plan we have to take
decisions regarding data sources, search approached, search instruments, sampling etc.
there are two plan contact which are as follows:-
1. DATA SOURCE
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There are two type of data source:
Primary data
Secondary data
Primary data :
Personal interviews are conducted which enable collection of oral verbal
response. This is fact to face contracted with structured or sometime even unstructured
patterns. This helps in obtaining indent information.
Secondary data:
Secondary data can be obtained from different magazines and annual
reports, financial documents referred.
2. RESEARCH APPROACH
SURVEY METHOD:-
Survey are best suited for descriptive research companies which undertake surveys to
learn about people’s knowledge, preferences, satisfaction etc. to measure these
magnitude in general population. While observation and tours are best suited for
exploratory research which is not the case of our study.
3. RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
Questionnaire: A Questionnaire is prepared and use to collect the information. The
majority of questions are close ended. Questionnaire is distributed to people to know
about their preferences, quality, demand etc. this is one of the easiest method of
collecting information.
4. SAMPLING PLAN
After deciding on the research approach and instrument, we must design a sampling
plan. This plan calls for three decisions.
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a) Sampling unit:- Here we define what is to be surveyed i.e. the target population that
will be sampled. In our case the journal public in cities & towns come under the
sampling unit.
b) Sample size:- Large sample give more reliable results. In our study 100 customers
were surveyed in LUCKNOW.
c) Sampling Procedure:- Area sampling is using because it is not practically possible to
visit all places of India therefore LUCKNOW chosen for survey.
4. CONTACT METHOD
In this decision is taken that how the object should be contacted i.e. whether
by mail questionnaires, telephone, interviews. In our research personal
interview is the most convenient and reliable method.
5. COLLECTION OF THE INFORMATION
The data collection phase of the marketing research is most expensive and
most error prone process. There can be error some respondent can give biased
or dishonest answer from collection of information. The researcher personally
goes to customer to collect the reliable data. Here all knowledge of the
researcher about that field comes to test the ingenuity of the research.
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LIMITATIONS
to some extent.
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ANALYSIS & INTERPERATION
Apple 60
Samsung 40
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondents 30 says APPLE mobile i-phones are best while 20 were says
Samsung.
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2. Why do you prefer APPLE or Samsung?
Answer Percentage(%)
Feature 36
Look 12
Quality 37
Price 15
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondent 18 prefer their mobiles for features, 06 prefer look , 18 prefer their
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3. Which provide you better touch?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 53
Samsung 47
INTERPRETATION
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4. Which among the two brands has more features?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 61
Samsung 39
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondent 30 says APPLE has more features rather than Samsung.
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5. Are you satisfied with price of APPLE/Samsung?
Answer Percentage(%)
Yes 78
No 22
INTERPRETATION
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6. Which among these provide you better after sale service?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 74
Samsung 26
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondents 37 says APPLE provides better service after sale while only 13
says Samsung.
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7. Which provide good battery back-up?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 69
Samsung 31
INTERPRETATION
says Samsung.
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8. Which brand provides you with more accessories along with the phone?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 55
Samsung 45
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondent 28 says APPLE provide more accessories with it while only
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9.Which would you prefer from a business point of view?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 55
Samsung 45
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondent 28 says APPLE handsets best business point of view while
30
10. Which gives better camera quality?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 62
Samsung 38
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondents 31 says APPLE gives better camera celerity while only 19
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11.Which cell phone company has better sound quality?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 69
Samsung 31
INTERPRETATION
Out of 100 respondents 35 say APPLE have better sound quality & other 15 says
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12. Which model is comfort carrying?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 67
Samsung 33
INTERPRETATION
Out of 100 respondents 34 says APPLE mobiles are comfort caring while only 16
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13.Which companies provide more service sale counter nearby?
Apple 69
Samsung 31
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondent 36 says APPLE provide more service sale counter nearby
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14. Which company has more cell memory storage?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 68
Samsung 29
Other 3
INTERPRETATION
Out of 50 respondents 32 says APPLE mobiles has more memory storage & 18
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15.Which company have technical maintain & additional (like long life)?
Answer Percentage(%)
Apple 65
Samsung 35
INTERPRETATION
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16.Why do you like brand you choose?
Answer Percentage(%)
Function 26
Advertisement 20
Brand name 19
Quality 19
Price 14
Appearance 02
INTERPRETATION
37
17.What kind of model do you prefer?
Answer Percentage(%)
Slim 33
Thick 25
Light 14
Medium 11
Large 11
Heavy 06
INTERPRETATION
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FINDINGS
Few years back mobile iphones were not common among the consumer. But with the
Most of the consumer prefers Samsung than Apple when we talks about budget otherwise people
Mostly the consumers are satisfied with the services provided by the Apple mobile
Maximum numbers of respondents were attracted towards the price , battery memory
Maximum number of consumer are loyal to their particular service providers and
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RECOMMENDATION
I have made following recommendations to the company after doing the summer training there:
The company should make its marketing strategy flexible enough in order to face
competition.
The company rate policy must be flexible enough to catch new customers
because if company offers lower price to a new customer then he may continue
buy the goods and can be a permanent customer for the company.
The company should offers such rate in the market so that it may be able to catch
a bigger market share and it should be able to compete with the local traders and
The company should create more and more outlets so that product can be easily
The company should take the opinion of the exporters from time to time know
what problems they are facing from the company’s side. And if any changes they
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CONCLUSION
It was an amazing experience with learning all the way, which help us
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QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Name ______________________
2. Gender
( ) Male ( )Female
3. Age
( )10-20 ( )30-50
4. Marital Status
( ) Single ( ) Married
5. Educational Status
( ) Matric ( ) 10+2
( ) Graduation ( ) Post-Graduation
6. Occupation
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( ) Student ( ) Others
7. Income Level
8. Residence
( ) Urban ( ) Rural
SECTION B
( )APPLE
( ) Samsung
( ) Apple
( ) Samsung
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4. Which among these two brands has more features?
( ) Apple
( ) Samsung
( )Yes
( ) No
( ) Apple ( ) Samsung
( ) Apple ( ) Samsung
8. Which brand provides you with more accessories along with the phone?
( ) Apple ( ) Samsung
( ) APPLE ( ) Samsung
( ) Apple ( ) Samsung
( ) Apple ( ) Samsung
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12. Which mobile is comfort carrying?
( ) Apple ( ) Samsung
( ) Apple ( ) Samsung
( )Apple ( )Samsung
15. Which companies have technical maintenance & additional (like long life)?
( )Apple ( )Samsung
( )Advertisement ( )Appearance
( ) Functions ( )Price
( )Slim ( )Medium
( )Thick ( )Light
( )Large ( )Heavy
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS:-
WEB RESOURCES:-
www.Apple .com
www.samsung.com
www.google.com
www.yahoo.com
www.scribd.com
www.thestalwart.com
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