Chinese Smartphone Sales Surpass 70% Of Russian Market

[beijingwalker]

Chinese Smartphone Sales Surpass 70% Of Russian Market​

Smartphones from Chinese retailers like Xiaomi and Realme have become top sellers in Russia after Samsung and Apple curbed sales in the country over the war in Ukraine

04July, 2023

by BW Online Bureau


Chinese smartphones dominated the Russian market in the first half of 2023, exceeding 70 per cent of all sales, leading consumer electronics retailer M Video-Eldorado said, up from about 55 per cent last year.
Smartphones from Chinese retailers like Xiaomi and Realme have become top sellers in Russia after Samsung and Apple curbed sales in the country over the war in Ukraine.

Overall demand for smartphones in Russia is up 17 per cent from the same period last year, with almost 13 million products sold.

Moscow has become more reliant on Beijing for everything from electronics to cars after most Western brands exited the Russian market.

"Brands from China systematically continue to strengthen their presence," M Video said in a statement on Tuesday, adding that flagship models and foldable smartphones from Chinese brands were seeing particular demand.

Eight out of the 10 best-selling smartphones in Russia in the first six months of this year were Chinese, M.Video said.

The Kremlin has told officials to stop using Apple iPhones, saying that Western intelligence agencies have compromised them using surveillance software. Apple has denied those claims.

Chinese Smartphone Sales Surpass 70% Of Russian Market

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[Hamartia Antidote]

Who has the other 30%???? Russian companies..like Yota?

So basically China's top competition in Russia is no-name companies?

 

[beijingwalker]

Who has the other 30%???? Russian companies..like Yota?

So basically China's top competition in Russia is no-name companies?

Don't know, and Chinese phones are also doing OK in other countries and no phones from a single country can 100% occupies a massive market like Russia.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Don't know, and Chinese phones are also doing OK in other countries and no phones from a single country can 100% occupies a massive market like Russia.

The problem is you keep quoting Indian sources.
I'm guessing the real number is 95% for Chinese companies.

I can't imagine who that 30% could possibly be. Maybe more like 5% seems plausible.

 

[casual]

Who has the other 30%???? Russian companies..like Yota?

So basically China's top competition in Russia is no-name companies?

apple mostly. it's pretty hard to quit when you've been locked in their ecosystem.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

apple mostly. it's pretty hard to quit when you've been locked in their ecosystem.

don't think so..not officially

02/03/2022

Apple stops selling physical products in Russia

The company said it was "deeply concerned" about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but Ukraine's government called on it to go further and block the App Store too.

www.euronews.com

No more iPhones: Apple stops product sales in Russia and removes RT and Sputnik from App Store​

 

[LeGenD]

apple mostly. it's pretty hard to quit when you've been locked in their ecosystem.

Samsung and Apple are not offering their products in Russia.

 

[MH.Yang]

If Apple and Samsung don't sell their products in Russia, then who is the remaining 30%?

Apple and Samsung must have other sales channels in Russia.

 

[casual]

Samsung and Apple are not offering their products in Russia.

don't think so..not officially

02/03/2022

Apple stops selling physical products in Russia

The company said it was "deeply concerned" about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but Ukraine's government called on it to go further and block the App Store too.

www.euronews.com

No more iPhones: Apple stops product sales in Russia and removes RT and Sputnik from App Store​

just because there are no more apple store in Russia doesn't mean iPhones aren't sold there anymore. And who the hell uses RT and Sputnik app...

 

[jhungary]

If Apple and Samsung don't sell their products in Russia, then who is the remaining 30%?

Apple and Samsung must have other sales channels in Russia.

Something called "Grey Import". It was not done officially, and there is no way you can get iPhone and Samsung "Officially" in Russia anymore.

People buy them from Apple store Turkey, Finland or China and then bring them back to Russia resell them in Russia.

You will pay a premium (Usually 20-30% extra) on top of the original price.

 

[REhorror]

It's crazy they are still buying iphone over there.

Get Apple out of Asia!

Congrats to chinese smartphone brands tho.

 

[jhungary]

It's crazy they are still buying iphone over there.

Get Apple out of Asia!

Congrats to chinese smartphone brands tho.

What's apple had ever done to you?

I don't use apple myself but that does not mean everyone in Asia should not.......

 

[REhorror]

What's apple had ever done to you?

I don't use apple myself but that does not mean everyone in Asia should not.......

It's basically a giant listening port for Americans.
I also hate iOs.

 

[jhungary]

It's basically a giant listening port for Americans.
I also hate iOs.

Well, you really shouldn't use the internet.......if you are afraid of being eavesdropped.

I can tell you Apple or not, as long as you use internet, NSA can have ways to tap into you. Now, whether or not if they are bored enough to pluck up your detail is another issue, but I can tell you this much from all the Counterintelligence works that I had done, nothing is safe as long as they are online. If you don't want to get listened in by the US government, you really need to stay off the internet.

 

[GreatHanWarrior]

Who has the other 30%???? Russian companies..like Yota?

So basically China's top competition in Russia is no-name companies?

Samsung and Apple are not offering their products in Russia.

Maybe “Russian made smartphones”?

Russian Smartphone Sales Dwarfed By Chinese Imports - The Moscow Times

Russian-made smartphone sales have plummeted to less than half of last year’s figures as they face stiff competition from Chinese imports, the Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday, citing data from suppliers.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Well, you really shouldn't use the internet.......if you are afraid of being eavesdropped.

I can tell you Apple or not, as long as you use internet, NSA can have ways to tap into you. Now, whether or not if they are bored enough to pluck up your detail is another issue, but I can tell you this much from all the Counterintelligence works that I had done, nothing is safe as long as they are online. If you don't want to get listened in by the US government, you really need to stay off the internet.

Even Russia can make smartphones. But Australia cannot?