The iPhone 6 continues to be the most commonly used smartphone in the UAE comprising 4.48 per cent of total handsets registered on UAE networks, according to the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

The TRA report shows that 68.91 per cent of handsets registered on the UAE’s networks during the first three months of the year were smartphones.

The report shows that the iPhone 5s was the second most popular smartphone with 2.39 per cent. The third most commonly used smartphone was the Samsung J100H/J1 (1.81 per cent), followed by the iPhone 6s (1.69 per cent).

However, the Nokia 108 is the second most used phone among all handsets with 2.92 per cent.

Samsung is the most used handset brand in the UAE in first quarter of 2016, according to the report, which indicates 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).

The report also provides information on the most popular mobile operating systems used in the UAE.  Android was the most commonly used operating system in the UAE as of Q1-2016 followed by iOS operating system, while the use of Symbian has been declining over time.   

During the first quarter of the year, users of smartphones and fixed Internet services in the UAE visited various applications websites.  Apple iTunes was by far the most commonly visited applications website, followed by Samsung Apps, and finally Android Applications.

In terms of social media, UAE smartphone and fixed Internet users made 24 billion visits to social networking websites during the period 1 Jan 2016 to 30 March 2016. Visits to Facebook accounted for 91 per cent of total visits to social networking sites, followed by Twitter with 5 per cent of visits, then LinkedIn, MySpace and Maktoob. – TradeArabia News Service