the Analytical Agency GfK has recorded in Russia, an increased demand for smartphones, despite the previous pandemic coronavirus.
Thus, attention to a rather interesting statistic noticed in the publication Kommersant – almost immediately after the opening of retail stores for the sale of equipment, sale directly of smartphones just one week increased by 31% in units and 33% in the cash index, compared to the same period of 2019.
By the way, the greatest interest at buyers has caused smartphones in the price range “to 10 thousand rubles,” – their sales have jumped to 48%. It is also worth noting that among the Russians, increasingly popular smartphones produced in China – among all the phones imported to Russia in the first quarter of this year, and which at the same time there are more than 2 thousand rubles, the share of Chinese devices has increased from 42 to 54%.
