Once known as a browser for feature phones, 47% of Opera Mini users in India are now on smartphones, according to the company's State of the Android Mobile Web report. Opera mentions that this report was formulated based on the aggregate information obtained from Opera Mini servers. While Java-based devices still account for the largest userbase of Opera Mini, accounting for 45% of Opera Mini users, there is a shift happening to Android devices which now accounts for 44% of Opera Mini users. To put things in context, 70% of Opera Mini users were on Java phones last year while only 21% of Opera Mini users were on Android. In April this year, Opera had mentioned that 56% of Opera Mini mobile browser in India use low-end Java-based phones, while about 30% use Android devices. Android drives Opera Mini's growth: Opera mentions that its Opera Mini user base in India has increased by 25% over the past year. While the company hasn't disclosed Opera Mini's actual user base in the country, India is the largest market for Opera Mini which claims to have 251 million users globally as of August 2014. This growth was apparently driven by a 160% growth in its Android user base which in turn grew Opera Mini's smartphone user base by 120%. Top Handsets: Opera mentions that all the top 10 Android handsets used by Opera Mini users were from Samsung, however if one considers a breakdown of the top 100 handsets, homegrown Micromax tops with 30% share followed by Samsung that has 25% share. That being said, Samsung…
