The forecast illustrates the feature phone and smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa from 2008 to 2020. In 2008, the feature phone shipments amounted to 121 million units in the Middle East and Africa.
Feature phone and smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa from 2008 to 2020
(in 1,000 units)
Characteristic
Feature phone
Smartphone
2020*
60,806
148,871
2019*
67,817
137,690
2018*
75,643
128,798
2017*
83,376
119,980
2016*
91,149
107,001
2015*
100,712
91,115
2014*
110,051
72,768
2013*
118,944
54,857
2012*
125,994
38,723
2011*
132,588
26,796
2010
137,260
18,615
2009
113,001
12,004
2008
121,108
12,363
025,00050,00075,000100,000125,000150,000175,000
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Jefferies & Company. (September 8, 2011). Feature phone and smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa from 2008 to 2020 (in 1,000 units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/225368/feature-and-smartphone-shipment-forecast-in-the-middle-east-and-africa/
Jefferies & Company. "Feature phone and smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa from 2008 to 2020 (in 1,000 units)." Chart. September 8, 2011. Statista. Accessed April 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225368/feature-and-smartphone-shipment-forecast-in-the-middle-east-and-africa/
Jefferies & Company. (2011). Feature phone and smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa from 2008 to 2020 (in 1,000 units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/225368/feature-and-smartphone-shipment-forecast-in-the-middle-east-and-africa/
Jefferies & Company. "Feature Phone and Smartphone Shipments in The Middle East and Africa from 2008 to 2020 (in 1,000 Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Sep 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225368/feature-and-smartphone-shipment-forecast-in-the-middle-east-and-africa/
Jefferies & Company, Feature phone and smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa from 2008 to 2020 (in 1,000 units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/225368/feature-and-smartphone-shipment-forecast-in-the-middle-east-and-africa/ (last visited April 16, 2025)
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