PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
• Definition
• Sales increase with drop in prices and decrease with rise in prices
• Non-essential Products show elasticity of demand whereas most
necessities show inelasticity of demand
• Example
CROSS ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
• Definition
• As demand changes, price changes
• Positive when products are mutual substitutes and negative vice
versa
• Example
INCOME ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
• Definition
• Change in quantity demanded and real income
• Example
CURRENT SCENARIO
OF CELLPHONES IN INDIA
• One Of The Fastest Growing Smartphone
Markets In Asia in 1st Quarter of 2014
• Vast majority of the country's user base
migrated to smartphones
• Outshone other emerging markets like
China which registered a year-on-year
growth of 31%
• India’s cell phone market is expected to
grow even further because of a
variety of low cost availability of
smartphones
Top Smartphone Vendor Share
in India Q1 2014
33%
14%
10%
6%
4%
33%
Smartphone Vendor Share in India Q1 2014
Samsung
Micromax
Apple
Karbonn
Nokia
Others