Top 10 Popular Smartphones In Kenya: Nokia Carries The Day

As Covid-19 continues to sweep across Africa and around the world, most brands have put on hold the release on new products and services as the way the future of the business world in relation to the ongoing pandemic.

The pandemic has forced millions of people to stay and work from their homes. In Kenya, things have not been different. The majority of Kenyans are staying and working from their living rooms apart from those who must move out to put something on the table.

When Kenyans started working from home, telecommunication companies witnessed a surge in the uptake of data bundles. For Safaricom, the update in data was up by more than 200 percent while Telkom Kenya recorded an increase by more than 60 percent.

The increase in data bundle uptake was an indication that millions of Kenyans were venturing on online platforms mostly by use of their Smartphones. Stats show that Kenya has a mobile penetration rate of 91 percent compared to Africa’s penetration rate of 80 percent.

In Kenya, smartphones are more affordable than ever before with Kenyans buying smartphones to have access to such social platforms as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp to connect and interact with people within and without the country.

Nokia has been among the most popular brands in Kenya for ages. With Covid-19, the brand has been unleashing one smartphone after another, breathing fresh air into the Kenyan smartphone market. Among the recent handsets that have gained popularity are Nokia C1, Nokia C2, Nokia 2.3, Nokia 7.1, and Nokia 7.2.

“Many people go for Nokia android phones because of their affordability. The majority of their phones are also genuine. There are no as many counterfeits as with the other brands.

Here are the top 10 most popular smartphone brands in Kenya:

1. Nokia
2. Techno
3. Samsung
4. Huawei
5. Infinix
6. Itel
7. Spice
8. Apple
9. Oppo
10. Blackberry