Chinese smartphone sales in Russia have soared: Xiaomi ranked first with 42% share in July, while realme ranked second

CTOnews.com learned that Chinese smartphone brands are far more popular in Russia than Apple and Samsung, according to the Russian newspaper businessman, citing MTS data. According to the data, Xiaomi (including sub-brand POCO) was well ahead of its smartphone peers in Russia in market share in July.

In terms of sales, Xiaomi and its subsidiary POCO together accounted for 42 per cent of the Russian smartphone market in July, ranking first. In second place, real realme,7 accounted for 17% of the Russian smartphone market in the month, up from 13.4% last month.

Third place Samsung's market share fell to 8.5 per cent (10.9 per cent in June), fourth place Tecno's market share fell to 7.5 per cent, and fifth place Apple's market share fell to 7 per cent (9.7 per cent in June).

In terms of sales, Xiaomi (+ POCO) also has the first share, accounting for 35%, followed by Apple, with a 25% market share, followed by true self realme (12.5%), Samsung (11%) and fifth Tecno (audio).

In addition, 2.3 million smartphones were sold in Russia in July, valued at 36.7 billion rubles, with an average price of 1610,000 rubles (1785.67 yuan), down 6 per cent, according to MTS.

CTOnews.com has learned that the supply of Apple and Samsung smartphones in Russia is 80-90% lower than it was before March this year, and everyone knows why.

Analysts at Marvel Distribution predict that the share of A-tier brands (high-end equipment) could fall below 10 per cent this year because of the poor supply of parallel imports. He also said that the increase in the share of Chinese smartphone brands was not only due to the suspension of Apple and Samsung, but also because their own products became more powerful, creating better and better smartphones.