Kenyans dump 600,000 feature phones in just three months

There is a growing appetite for modern gadgets that offer a wider array of functions such as internet connectivity.

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Kenyans abandoned the active use of 628,818 feature phones during the three months to March this year in a shift that has accelerated the usage of smartphones whose uptake grew by 886,884 during the period, fresh data shows.

The latest quarterly data by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) indicates that as of the close of March, the number of feature phones in active use stood at 31.2 million, down from 31.8 million as of last December translating to a two percent dip.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.