Store representatives told Vedomosti that this year Russians began to prefer
According to an MTS representative, for the first ninemonths of 2020, 38% of smartphones were bought on credit in Russia. Last year this figure was almost 50%. Also, according to MTS estimates, smartphone sales on the Russian market in January-September increased by 5% in volume and 11% in monetary terms.
According to M.Video-Eldorado, sales of smartphones costing from 10,000 to 30,000 rubles and, oddly enough, more than 50,000 rubles grew the most.
Beeline and MegaFon also agreed thatthe number of loans for smartphones decreased. Experts believe that this is a consequence of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection pandemic. In their opinion, people have accumulated money due to quarantine, because there was no way to spend it on entertainment.