VGO TEL has become Pakistan’s leading locally assembled mobile phone brand during the first eight months of 2026, overtaking Infinix after two years at the top of the local assembly rankings. According to industry data reported by TechJuice, VGO TEL assembled 2.45 million mobile devices between January and August 2026. Infinix ranked second with 1.96 million units, marking a notable change in the composition of Pakistan’s domestic mobile assembly sector.
Itel ranked third during the eight-month period with 1.56 million locally assembled devices, followed by TECNO with 1.14 million units. Samsung crossed the one-million-unit mark with 1.01 million devices, while Vivo and Nokia each recorded approximately 0.97 million units. QMobile assembled 0.72 million devices, while X Mobile produced 0.70 million. Collectively, the top 10 brands assembled 12.11 million mobile devices between January and August 2026, showing the scale of local production across Pakistan’s handset market.
The latest figures represent a change from the previous two years, when Infinix remained ahead of VGO TEL in annual local assembly. In 2025, Infinix assembled 3.65 million devices compared with 3.57 million for VGO TEL. In 2024, Infinix again led with 3.98 million locally assembled devices, while Itel recorded 3.64 million and VGO TEL assembled 3.37 million. Earlier 2026 data had already indicated VGO TEL’s rapid growth. During January to July, VGO TEL had assembled 2.14 million units compared with Infinix’s 1.88 million, and first-quarter figures showed VGO TEL at 1.12 million units against Infinix’s 0.75 million.
The change comes as Pakistan’s local mobile manufacturing and assembly sector continues to account for a substantial share of domestic handset demand. PTA data reported earlier in 2026 showed that locally manufactured and assembled devices met 85% of Pakistan’s mobile phone demand during the first five months of the year, while production reached 2 million units in May alone. VGO TEL had also recorded 29% production growth during the first five months, while production by Infinix declined 19% over the same period. The January-August results now place VGO TEL ahead of Infinix in cumulative 2026 assembly, although the figures cover local assembly and manufacturing volumes rather than consumer sales or overall smartphone market share.
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