In recent years, there is almost no product left in Turkey that has not been priced higher due to constantly increasing inflation and rising exchange rates. Electronic products also had their share of this. In this context, while once upon a time you could buy a powerful phone for just a few hundred liras, today you have to pay tens of thousands of liras.
Of course, in this case, people either bring phones from abroad or buy illegal phones directly from Turkey. Today, remarkable information about this has emerged. So much so that illegal / overseas phone sales were reflected in the data.
Illegal/overseas phone sales were reflected in the data
When we look at the best-selling smartphone brands in Turkey as of February 2024, it ranks second. 19.2 percent with share AppleWe see that . Immediately after that 17.51 percent with Samsung following. If in fourth and fifth place 11.97 percent with Xiaomi And 3.72 percent with Huawei It is located.
If further on the list 2.09 percent with Oppo, 0.86 percent with Realme, 0.65 percent with Tecno, 0.6 percent with vivo, 0.9 percent with infinix We see that it is. Apart from these, the share of other brands is 2.06 percent at the level. However, there is a big gap here.
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At the beginning of our content, it is second in the list of best-selling phone brands. Apple We said it was. So which company is at the top? This is the point that really draws attention. Because the title of leadership does not belong to any company.
According to the data, phone sales in our country 40.94 percent50% of it consists of devices smuggled or brought from abroad. Since these phones are not reflected in official sales figures and the mandatory warranty conditions are not provided by the seller, this appears to be a big gap in the system. This gap is also shown as “Unidentified” in the data, and “Unidentified” is also at the top.
There is another important point here. This is why illegal/overseas phone sales are increasing over the years. Because sales in the first month of this year, that is, January 2024in 37.03 percent was at the level. Moreover, this rate will increase in January 2023 0.38 percent was. So, it is possible to say that there is a serious increase.
How much does IMEI registration cost?
As it is known, a fee must be paid to register a smartphone brought from abroad in our country. After this fee is paid, the phone is no longer illegal and is thus reflected in official sales data.
The phone registration fee, referred to as IMEI in our country, will increase as of 2024. 31 thousand 692 TL was determined as . net minimum wage 17 thousand 2 TL Considering that, it is not surprising that illegal / overseas phone sales are so high.
According to February 2024 data, 2 out of every 5 people in our country use illegal / overseas phones. So what do you think about this issue? You can share your opinions with us in the Comments section below.