# RKS: MOBILE PHONE EMISSION - Knowing About SAR
# RKS: MOBILE PHONE EMISSION KNOWING ABOUT SAR RKS / 2026-2027 / Ser 8 / Blog 1 1st April 2026 MOBILE PHONE HAZARDS DEFINED INSTRUMENT + HABITS DICTATED Dear Reader, The mobile phone market is flooded by 10-15 global companies, regional players apart, but the number of brands have declined from over approximately 750 in 2017 to 250 active by 2023. The top 5 brands (Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, Vivo, OPPO) control a vast majority of the market, with "Others" accounting for about 32-33% of shipments. The Indian mobile market is flooded with dozens of active brands, dominated heavily by Chinese manufacturers (Vivo, Xiaomi, Oppo, Realme, iQOO, OnePlus) and South Korea's Samsung, which together control most of the market share. The US$ 15 billion (bn) (INR 1,50,00 crore) market in India is comprised of 100 handset brands. In India, Android holds a 95.26% market share, while iOS trails at 4.44%. The country's wireless (mobile) subscriber base is approximately 1.15 to 1.17 bn ...