Most people have now made the move from using an older-style feature phone to a smartphone, IDC said.
A decline in mobile phone shipments to New Zealand shows most people have already made the transition to some form of smartphone, says an analyst.
About 2.6 million devices were shipped to Australasia in the second calendar quarter of the year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
That represents a
slump of 20 per cent compared to the same period last year and a 5 per cent decline from the first quarter.
Aman Bajaj, an analyst for market research firm IDC, said demand for smartphones had plateaued because most people had now moved from feature phones to smartphones.
"The slowdown in replacement demand shows the majority of end-users having already made the jump over to a smart device. That progression has already taken place."
