Smartphones Set the Pace as MEA Handset Sales Top 64 Million Units in Q2 2014

Smartphones Set the Pace as MEA Handset Sales Top 64 Million Units in Q2 2014

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) handset market grew to its largest size in ten quarters in Q2 2014, expanding 27% year on year to total 64 million units. The latest insights from global advisory and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC) show that the majority of this growth was seen in the smartphone category, with a major shift underway in the composition of the market. Indeed, smartphone share of the overall MEA handset market jumped 13 percentage points year on year