The NZ smartphone market continues to recover from its Covid low. Image / 123rf
New numbers reveal the pecking order in the New Zealand smartphone market as it continues to recover from its Covid low.
Market researcher Gartner says Apple shipped 143,000 iPhones into the NZ market in the second quarter for 40.9 per cent market share - almost level with its year-ago position
- while Samsung gained 3 points to finish second on 39.4 per cent share as it shipped 117,000 units.
Meanwhile, Chinese phone makers Oppo and Xiaomi have made hay from Huawei's virtual withdrawal from the NZ smartphone market following US sanctions that limited its access to Google's Android software and app store.
Despite lingering supply chain issues, the total size of the market increased from the year-ago quarter's 322,000 phones to 350,000.