Smartphone shipments across the Middle East excluding Turkey fell 19 per cent year-on-year to 10.6 million units in the second quarter of 2026, as rising prices, supply constraints and geopolitical uncertainty pushed vendors towards higher-value devices, according to research firm Omdia.
The decline was the region’s sharpest since the fourth quarter of 2025 , with retailers also taking a more cautious approach to inventories amid weakening consumer confidence.
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