Feature phones still rule Kenya's handset market despite lower smartphone prices

A feature phone user. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

Feature phones have cemented their dominance of Kenya’s handset market amid the fall in the price of smartphones that was expected to lift the sale of digital gadgets.

The latest industry data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows feature phone subscriptions stood at 32.9 million in the year to June, representing 55.1 percent market share.

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