VENTURES AFRICA – A little over a decade ago, land phones and mobiles (or nought-nine-nought) were exclusive to the top class of Nigeria’s society. Put simply, the presence of a landline in a household represented affluence and cellphones were the private jets of this age. But with the advent of GSM technology in 2001, mobile telephony gradually became easily accessible, even to people living in the remotest part of Nigeria.

Between 2009 – 2010, the smartphone trend, which was also exclusive to a certain class of the country’s over 170 million population, surfaced. However, when Chinese phone maker Tecno ventured into the Nigerian market it presented a opportunity for Nigeria’s fast-rising middle class to access services available on smartphones. Other phone makers, i.e. Solo Phone, soon followed suit, providing cheap, yet standard services on affordable smartphones to all who move with the trend of new gadgets in the country’s increasingly demanding and tech-savvy population.

In 2013, the “gadget boom” continued with the launch of a series of eye-catching phones, tablets, and gadgets and stiff competition for market share between major phone makers, i.e. Samsung, Apple, Tecno and Blackberry (Yes, Blackberry still accounts for a significant percentage of the market share in Nigeria), while mobile penetration experienced a surge across the Africa. Thus, consumers have benefited from innovative competition between phone makers, with citizens now afforded the luxury to select from a wider range of products.

During this festive season, our team scanned through the retail markets to spot a few of the top selling devices. In no particular order, here are the top five:

1) Samsung Galaxy S4/S3 – The launch of BBM on Android has afforded potential drifters the opportunity to swap their blackberry devices for other top ranking brands such as Samsung and Apple. The Samsung mobile devices are reportedly leading sales figures this period due to the perceived proper mix of price and quality.

2) BLACKBERRY Q10 – Despite the release of blackberry’s messenger BBM on Android and iOS, sales of blackberry 2013 release Q10 remains relatively balanced. The 16GB installed memory, 4G LTE device still commands a fair amount of patronage and is listed on several mobile retail outlets amongst the top selling phones during this period.

3) Infinix x700 Joypad 7-Inch Tablet – The tag ‘Joypad’ best describes the gadgets; a combination of a Pad, a 3G smartphone, and a game console all in one product that boast a 7″ IPS high resolution LCD touchscreen, makes it the ideal device for a gadget freak. Driven by Qualcomm 3G technology, it allows users unlimited download access to contents and applications anywhere and anytime.

4) Tecno Phantom A+ – The fast emerging phone maker is gradually siphoning the industries consumer base, largely due to an efficient blend of quality and price, coercing cost-oriented customers to turn their attention towards a cheaper and similarly effective device. The newly released Phantom Pad N9 offer almost the same features as the Galaxy S4, yet cost 50 percent less than the Samsung device.

5) BLACKBERRY Z10 – Poor sales figures of the Z10 series was earlier this year, credited for the huge loss posted by the Canadian smartphone maker, but keypad-less phones have seen a change in sales fortune this period. A significant drop in price has led to an increased demand, with Nigerian retailer Slot Limited posting the Z10 as its no1 Top Selling device.

SOURCE
http://waffihub..com/2013/12/top-selling-gadgets-in-nigeria-this.html?m=1

http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/12/top-selling-gadgets-in-nigeria-this-season/

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The sources used for this Survey are; Jumia, Konga, Slot and DealDey...these 4 organizations are at best just sufficient to give a very super rough estimate of top selling devices Nigerians use

hawqer: The sources used for this Survey are; Jumia, Konga, Slot and DealDey...these 4 organizations are at best just sufficient to give a very super rough estimate of top selling devices Nigerians use

are you serious ?

Stop this thrash saying. Those 4 organisations market sales is not enough. Jumia phones are expensive, Kong sells fake item. They tell you galaxy core only to get galaxy pocket and slot though reliable cant be used cause people buy phone these days outside slot. The slot of 2011-2012 is no longer the slot of 2013. Their phones are expensive and these days they r useless.

@Op your survey is totally wrong

You counted BlackBerry Q10 as among top selling phone for this year
Is your blog this wack??

You counted infinix pad yet you didn't add the techno N9?

You didn't count the Techno N3?
Neither did you count the Beast of them all Gionee E3 or P2??

Guy delete this thrash before I bomb person

Ymodulus:

are you serious ?

Stop this thrash saying. Those 4 organisations market sales is not enough. Jumia phones are expensive, Kong sells fake item. They tell you galaxy core only to get galaxy pocket and slot though reliable cant be used cause people buy phone these days outside slot. The slot of 2011-2012 is no longer the slot of 2013. Their phones are expensive and these days they r useless.

re-read my post, understand it.....then re-comment.

Ymodulus: @Op your survey is totally wrong

You counted BlackBerry Q10 as among top selling phone for this year
Is your blog this wack??

You counted infinix pad yet you didn't add the techno N9?

You didn't count the Techno N3?
Neither did you count the Beast of them all Gionee E3 or P2??

u got my mind small,go to slot and ask them of gionee or n3,they dont even sell it......and the truth is this s3 sold morthan s4 in Nigeria this year, tecno p5 if recorded may be be the highest sold for 2 months now or ever this year ,so i think this surveys is about s4,BBQ10,infinity x700 ,ZI,Tecno A+, so the survey wasn't deep........we know many nija youth and teenagers moved on from BB this year to android phones,so its so clear that 50% did not went for expensive android devices.

dunno if Ur survey is for both new or UK used but.either way, I think HTC brand holds a spot than Samsung brands tecno should see this yr as their best too, Q10/Z10 nba. that's my personal survey

EMMAUGOH: u got my mind small,go to slot and ask them of gionee or n3,they dont even sell it......and the truth is this s3 sold morthan s4 in Nigeria this year, tecno p5 if recorded may be be the highest sold for 2 months now or ever this year ,so i think this surveys is about s4,BBQ10,infinity x700 ,ZI,Tecno A+, so the survey wasn't deep........we know many nija youth and teenagers moved on from BB this year to android phones,so its so clear that 50% did not went for expensive android devices.

Thanks. u said it all.

Also to add to your point slot is not in several states its just only in Lagos, PortHarcout, Illorin, Kaduna and kano. So what happened to phone users in other states?


We for one know that even our elijahdre sells too. So the guy report is totally baseless, fallacious and an attempted intent to please ears of listeners.

hawqer:

re-read my post, understand it.....then re-comment.

Man get it and accept fact. am not against you just read NY post and understand what am saying.

Even @EmmaGoh. understood what am saying.

hyuga: dunno if Ur survey is for both new or UK used but.either way, I think HTC brand holds a spot than Samsung brands tecno should see this yr as their best too, Q10/Z10 nba. that's my personal survey

His survey includes both caused he just say Gadgets and gadgets involve both news and old.


You are right bro. I for one know that this year HTC sale (second hand ) was another wide fire. Better than Z10/Q10

Nija problem pass buying phone jare...... make una talk about New year joo

Oga poster when i read ur thread,I first laff my belle full because ur thread is wacky(no offence)


First you put bbq10 ahead of bold5 and 6,,then you add anoda bb(z10) to a list of top 5........

Where htc dey,,where even the unpopular lumia and asha series of nokia dey,,where iphone 4s(one of the best iphone ever) dey,,,then where (the king of all cheap smartphones)tecno dey
Mr man re-rite ur list cuz its wacky

@ OP. Your reasearch is half done. You need to go back to the drawing board.

One of the fastest selling tablet this season with limited units is this: ZTE https://www.nairaland.com/1512896/holiday-tablet-free-delivery-3g

Goes for: N17,500. http://www.paykobo.com/zte-v9-android-7-1-4ghz-4gb-512mb-wi-fi-3g-tablet-pc-black-silver.html#sthash.yeUC1lkn.dpuf

Whereas the Joypad infinix sells for N24,500. This goes for 7k cheaper. With Free 8gb memory card For holiday. Limited Units.

Were did you keep Tecno N3? Its top selling Mobile in 2013 here in Nigeria.

Nairaland

hmmm

Boohoo op BlackBerry
BlackBerry booo

Da Asha Da Lumia Da Nokia All Da Waiy..

brb

Tecno p5 rules. #team Tecno#

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Techno is d most selling.

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Goodnews

deejay_harry1: i am yet to see a device which sold more than the s3/s4 and tecno n3 in nigeria this year

agreed just to add....

The nokia asha series because no b every body fit afford/sabi use android fones

Na una sabi...The phonemakers are smiling already

***brings out cutlass ***

Scans through the list, finds 'tecno'

**smiles***


**throws cutlass under the bed***

U ar right

Ejike.chinedu:
CLICK LIKE, If you are a human..

Your own case dun pass yaba left

I'll write an open letter to get u flogged openly