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Which phones Zimbabwe uses

More than 41 in every 100 phones seen in Zimbabwe are Samsungs. 30 makes counted across 13 months, to August 2026.

41.2%are Samsung
13.3%Huawei
30makes counted
13months held
Phones in use, not phones soldThe count is of phones that load pages, so a handset bought years ago counts every month it is still used.

Every make above one in a hundred

10 makes hold at least 1% between them. The column on the right is how each has moved since August 2025.

1Samsung41.22%-1.62 pts
2Huawei13.25%-0.64 pts
3Apple11.90%+1.00 pts
4Itel7.75%-1.24 pts
5Tecno4.90%-1.12 pts
6Xiaomi4.72%-0.56 pts
7Oppo1.77%+0.48 pts
8Vivo1.62%+0.86 pts
9Nokia1.12%+0.09 pts
10Infinix1.02%-0.16 pts

18 more makes hold less than 1% each, and 6.5% could not be placed at all. Every one of them is in the file.

The six biggest, month by month

August 2025 to August 2026, drawn to a hundred. These six come to 83.7 of it in August 2026.

Samsung went from 42.8% of phones in August 2025 to 41.2% in August 2026.Huawei is second at 13.3% and Apple third at 11.9%. Every make too small to name comes to 16.3% between them. A make that grows is taking phones from the others, since the figures are shares of the phones in use rather than of phones sold.
The figures behind itDownload CSV
MonthSamsungHuaweiAppleItelTecnoXiaomi
August 202641.22%13.25%11.90%7.75%4.90%4.72%
July 202642.02%12.70%12.76%7.36%4.62%5.42%
June 202641.50%12.97%12.54%7.37%4.36%5.23%
May 202640.56%13.89%12.32%7.42%4.95%5.14%
April 202640.56%14.22%10.55%8.79%5.96%5.07%

Questions people ask

Which phone brand is most used in Zimbabwe?

Samsung, on 41.22% of the phones seen. Huawei follows on 13.25% and Apple on 11.90%.

How many iPhones are used in Zimbabwe?

Apple holds 11.90% of phones in use, which places it 3 of the 30 makes counted.

Is this what people buy, or what people use?

What people use. A phone is counted each month it loads a page, however long ago it was bought. Nothing here is a sales figure.

How far back does this go?

13 months, from August 2025 to August 2026. Each month's shares come to a hundred across all 30 makes, including the 6.5% that could not be placed and the 0.0% too small to name.

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