Smartphones from Chinese language retailers like Xiaomi and Realme have turn into prime sellers in Russia after Samsung and Apple curbed gross sales within the nation over the warfare in Ukraine, studies The Jerusalem Put up.
On March 1, 2022, Apple confirmed that it had halted product gross sales in Russia following final week’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The information got here days after the tech big pulled Sputnik and RT Information from the App Retailer and disabled some Apple Pay providers within the nation.
Chinese language smartphones dominated the Russian market within the first half of 2023, exceeding 70% of all gross sales, main client electronics retailer M.Video-Eldorado stated, up from about 55% final yr, in line with The Jerusalem Put up.
Smartphones from Chinese language retailers like Xiaomi and Realme have turn into prime sellers in Russia after Samsung and Apple curbed gross sales within the nation over the warfare in Ukraine. General demand for smartphones in Russia is up 17% from the identical interval final yr, with nearly 13 million merchandise bought.
