50 Most Popular smartphone brand Devices used in Kenya (rankings)

What follows is a list of the most popular smartphone brands in Kenya and a summary of mobile usage trends in Nairobi.

Dominant Phones in Kenya

Techno, Samsung, Huawei, and Infinix are the most dominant mobile brands in Kenya.  Apple which is the most popular cell phone in the US is not among the top four in Kenya because of its high price and unpopular operating system.

Chinese-made mobile phones have seen impressive growth in Kenya over the last 5 years due to their aggressive marketing strategies and pocket-friendly prices.

How we arrived at the rankings

This is data was collected from mobile brands devices used to access the internet from 256,331 users in Kenya in a period of one month between October 29th, 2019 to November 27th, 2019. The photo above shows how each brand has improved compared to the past month’s usage statistics.

The ranking does not include mobile phones that do not support internet connectivity.

List of of Most Popular Smartphones in Kenya

 Below is a list of the 50 most popular mobile phones in Kenya:

1. Tecno
2. Samsung
3. Huawei
4. Infinix
5. itel
6. Spice
7. Apple
8. Oppo
9. Nokia
10. Xiaomi
11. Wiko
12. Alcatel
13. LG
14. HTC
15. Vivo
16. Sony
17. Motorola
18. Gionee
19. Oukitel
20. Blackberry
21. Oneplus
22. Cubot
23. Fero
24. XTE
25. X-tigi
26. Asus
27. Pixel
28. Realme
29. Karbonn
30. Qmobile
31. Blu
32. Azumi
33. Lava
34. Tesla
35. Tichips
36. Ulefone
37. Hisense
38. iNews
39. BQ
40. iBRIT
41. Cherry Mobile
42. Doogee
43. Kyocera
44. M-HORSE
45. Micromax
46. Blackview
47. Coolpad
48. Feiteng
49. iLLy
50. Innjoo

Summary of Mobile Trends stats

Data we collected indicate that most smartphones in Kenya are used by users who are aged between 25 to 34 years.

9.24% of smartphone users in Kenya use mobile phones with a  screen solution of  360×640 and a screen color of 4-bit (45.23%) followed by 32-bit. On the other hand, Android is the most popular operating system in Kenya with 87.42% of users having smartphones that run on Android.

NOTE: In a separate article, we will share statistics of the most popular mobile phones in each of the brand categories listed above.