According to Izvestia, experts predict a rise in the price of smartphones in Russia in 2022. According to their calculations, prices for mobile phones in the middle and premium segment may rise up to 17%. There will also remain, if not intensify, a shortage of devices due to the ongoing crisis in the global semiconductor market and the accompanying supply chain problems, stoppages of conveyors and shortages of components.

Telecom representatives estimated that in the first half of 2022, the problems with the supply of new smartphones from sellers will remain at the current level - the period for issuing devices to buyers can be up to several weeks. In their opinion, before the new year, a lot of electronics entered the market, and most of it has already been bought. The most problematic is the market for new generation video cards and game consoles. The former are bought by miners and scalpers, the latter are intercepted by dealers. This situation has not affected the mobile industry.

Experts explained that Russia is now experiencing a shortage of many iPhone models, as well as folding smartphones Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, Galaxy A52, Galaxy A72, Galaxy S21 +.

A representative of MTS told the publication that the choice of smartphones on the market has decreased, as fewer and fewer cheap models remain on sale, and buyers are no longer interested in local Chinese brands.

Acer representative confirmed to Izvestia that in 2022 there will be a shortage of not only smartphones, but also other electronics.

In 2021, Russians began to buy more expensive smartphones for a longer period of use, and the demand for budget devices in the country is gradually decreasing ..

This summer, a shortage in the electronics market affected the production of the iPhone. Apple suspended iPhone production lines in October for the first time in a decade, with iPhone 13 assembly and release down 20% from previous plans.

At the end of December, the media reported that the US administration plans, in the event of an escalation of geopolitical problems, to impose restrictions on the import of American companies of their technologies and products to Russia, including smartphones and key aviation and automotive components. The United States also promises that it will put pressure on European and Asian manufacturers so that they also stop supplying their products and technologies in the event of the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation.

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