Overall, Apple and Samsung are the nation’s top two vendors, and on any given month either Oppo or Motorola were in third place, with Motorola edging closer to Oppo annually. Motorola showed the highest growth among leading vendors during the six months, according to Telsyte’s figures. The foldable smartphone market also remains a growth opportunity for vendors. Foldable device sales are expected to ramp up in the second half of the year, Fadaghi said, with existing and new foldable devices released by Samsung, Google, Oppo and Motorola. After years of declining sales Australian smartphone sales have rebounded strongly, with new artificial intelligence features and the impending 3G network shutdown fuelling demand for new handsets. Is the incorporation of AI in smartphones risking data privacy ?

