• 2nd: Nokia 108, 2.92 per cent market share. Courtesy Microsoft
    2nd: Nokia 108, 2.92 per cent market share. Courtesy Microsoft
  • 3rd: Apple iPhone 5S, 2.39 per cent market share. EPA
    3rd: Apple iPhone 5S, 2.39 per cent market share. EPA
  • 4th: Apple iPhone 6S, 1.69 per cent market share. Chesnot / Getty Images
    4th: Apple iPhone 6S, 1.69 per cent market share. Chesnot / Getty Images
  • 5th: Nokia 105, 2.32 per cent market share. Courtesy Microsoft
    5th: Nokia 105, 2.32 per cent market share. Courtesy Microsoft
  • 6th: Samsung Galaxy J1, 1.81 per cent market share. TRA said that 33 per cent of all handsets registered on UAE networks were manufactured by Samsung. Nokia handsets have a presence of 28 per cent on all networks. The third most popular handsets used in UAE is manufactured by Apple with a share of 14 per cent on the UAE networks. This was followed by Blackberry (2 per cent). Courtesy Samsung
    6th: Samsung Galaxy J1, 1.81 per cent market share. TRA said that 33 per cent of all handsets registered on UAE networks were manufactured by Samsung. Nokia handsets have a presence of 28 per cent on all networks. The third most popular handsets used in UAE is manufactured by Apple with a share of 14 per cent on the UAE networks. This was followed by Blackberry (2 per cent). Courtesy Samsung

UAE’s most popular mobile phones, Q1 2016 – in pictures


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The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has revealed statistics for the first quarter of 2016 on the nation’s most popular mobile phone handsets.