More than a quarter of Turkey uses illegal phones!
- August 15, 2023
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Now, even if you are going to buy a beginner level smartphone, 5-6 thousand TL should come out of your pocket. Premium segments like iPhone start from 40
Now, even if you are going to buy a beginner level smartphone, 5-6 thousand TL should come out of your pocket. Premium segments like iPhone start from 40 thousand TL. The painful thing is that a phone you buy abroad can cost up to tens of thousands of TL. It comes with a lower price tag.
As such, many new smartphone buyers started buying phones from abroad. However, it seems that this number has increased so much that the number of phones without IMEI registration has increased in our country has increased exponentially in recent months.
32.59% of phones in Turkey are illegal/unregistered!
- The table formed at the border after the increase in IMEI registration fees, July 7, 2023.
According to market data shared by Statcounter, the most preferred brand in the smartphone market in Turkey, “Unknown” with a rate of 32.59% it happened. This category contained devices that were not registered.
share data MOBISAD (Mobile Communication Tools and Information Technologies Business People Association)made the following statements:
“These data show that contraband and unregistered channels still remain a serious problem in the Turkish smartphone market.”
The most preferred phone brands in Turkey tracking smuggled phones are as follows:
- Samsung – 22.21%
- Apple – 18.62%
- Xiaomi – 12.96%
- Huawei – 5.95%
- Opposite – 2.71%
- Realme – 0.78%
- Overall Mobile – 0.61%
- life – 0.53%
- Techno – 0.41%
- Other – 2.62%
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Emma Ortiz is a gadget expert and author at Div Bracket. She provides in-depth coverage of the latest and greatest in consumer technology, offering readers an inside look at the latest trends and innovations in the world of gadgets.
