Regardless of entry level or flagship in recent years smartphone prices, has reached levels that are very difficult to buy. However, this situation is not unique to our country, especially the sales price of high-end devices is moving towards unattainable levels worldwide.
Although the economic situation of the person is among the main reasons for this, the smartphone industry in general has been going through hard times for several years. Due to the COVID-19, which has been in our lives since 2020, the countries’ closure has led to disruption of production in the factories where chips, one of the most important hardware of phones, are produced.
SCT base increased: Some phones are getting discounts!
In the Presidential decree published today, it was announced that the SCT base determined for mobile phones was increased.
The average selling price of smartphones is at the highest level in recent years
With the vaccination efforts, the effect of COVID-19 decreased somewhat, but an unexpected event: the Russia-Ukraine war occurred. With the effect of this situation, the demand for smartphones decreases with the increasingly difficult cost of living for people, while global phone shipments in the first three months of 2022 fell 11 percent.
According to the data published by Strategy Analytics, the average selling price of smartphones (Average selling price – ASP) It will exceed $300 in 2022. It is stated that this amount will be the highest ASP seen since 2013.
Africa and the Asia-Pacific region are home to the cheapest smartphones worldwide. On the other hand, the countries where the most expensive phones are sold are in the Asian continent. For example in 2020 The smartphone market with the highest average selling price (ASP) was Japan. However, according to estimates, Samsung’s homeland South Korea will surpass Japan.
The main reason for this: Samsung sells in the country foldable smartphones impact overall average selling price displayed as. Even weirder, expectations are that no country will surpass South Korea before 2027. So Korea will host the highest rate of ASP for the next five years.
Turkey has taken an important step in this regard.
As it is known, for mobile phones in our country 25 percent, 40 percent and 50 percent There are 3 different Special Consumption Taxes. With the President’s Decision published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday, the SCT base on affordable mobile phones, which are subject to the lowest segment, was increased from 640 TL to 1,500 TL.
shiftdelete.netWhile no changes are made to the flagship devices, Priced up to 1,500 TL for entry-level smartphones and the price range of mid-range models It was determined as 1.500 to 3.000 TL.
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