The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has revealed statistics for the second quarter of this year. The agency said that more than 77 per cent of all handsets on UAE networks were smartphones during the quarter. Overall, the top four brands in the country were Samsung, with 33.3 per cent of the market share, Nokia (27 per cent), Apple (13.6 per cent) and BlackBerry (1.8 per cent).
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Apple’s iPhone 6s was the fourth-most popular phone in the country, at 2.3 per cent of the market. Chesnot / Getty Images -
The iPhone 5s came just behind its newer cousin at 2.2 per cent market share, making if the UAE’s fifth-most popular handset. Lam Yik Fei / Getty Images -
5th: Nokia 108 with 2.6% market share. Courtesy Microsoft -
7th and 8th: Samsung Galaxy J7 and J1 with 1.0% and 0.9% market share respectively. Courtesy Samsung -
2nd: Nokia 105 with 2.7% market share. Courtesy Microsoft -
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2, a dual-sim phone from late 2013, was the seventh-most popular phone in the country, at 1.6 per cent of the market share. Courtesy Samsung
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