Kenya: A flood of used mobile phones

As most mobile phone users will testify, the quality of handsets is neither assured nor obvious. With reconditioned brands flooding the market, the quality is as comprised as it can get. This has been attributed to stiff competition as thousands of dealers fight it out for a share of the rapidly expanding industry. Dealers in reconditioned phones have also found their fair share in a market where the mobile phone has lost its status symbol, as poor farmers and students take up the technology.