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The iPhone 5s becomes the most popular mobile in the UAE [T-break Tech (Middle East)]
[November 01, 2014]

The iPhone 5s becomes the most popular mobile in the UAE [T-break Tech (Middle East)]


(T-break Tech (Middle East) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The TRA has revealed statistics from the second quarter of 2014 on the UAE’s most popular mobile phones. According to the report, during the period between 1 April 2013 and 30 June 2014, 57% of handsets registered on the UAE's networks were Smartphones, a figure that increased by 5% in the second quarter of 2014 alone.



In terms of Smartphone models, the iPhone 5s was the most commonly used Smartphone in the UAE comprising 3.5% of total handsets registered on UAE networks, a figure that increased by 22% during Q2 2014. The report illustrates that the iPhone 5 was the second most popular Smartphone with 2.6% of the market share. The third most commonly used Smartphone was the Samsung S III (2.6%), followed by iPhone 4S (1.9%) and Samsung S4 LTE (1.8%) The iPhone 5s recorded the highest increase in market share during the second quarter of 2014, replacing the iPhone 5 as the most popular smartphone and replacing the Nokia 101/1010 as being the most commonly used handset in the UAE. The market shares of the Galaxy S Duos, Samsung S4 LTE, Samsung S5 LTE and Samsung Note 3 increased whereas the iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, and BlackBerry Bold 9900 fell.

The report indicates that 46% of all handsets registered on UAE networks were manufactured by Nokia, although this figure has been declining over time. This figure decreased by 4% in Q2 2014.  This was followed by Samsung (22.5%), Apple (10%), BlackBerry (6.8%), LG (0.9%), and HTC (0.9%). Unlike Nokia and Blackberry, Samsung and Apple recorded increases in their market shares in Q2 2014.


The report also provides information on the most popular mobile operating systems used in the UAE.  The use of Symbian is declining over time and the Android was the most commonly used operating system in the UAE as of Q2-2014.  The market share of iOS is increasing while RIMs (the operating system for Blackberry) is decreasing.

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