RUSSIAN MOBILE RETAIL REPORT H1 2019
(World News Science)

While smartphone adoption in Russia continues at a rapid pace, the dynamics of the market are evolving and we observed a number of noteworthy trends in H1 2019. For example, Russian consumers are increasingly favoring leading brands over lesser-known device manufacturers. According to our analysis, in the first six months of 2019 the top-5 selling brands-Samsung, Honor, Apple, Xiaomi, and Huawei-commanded 92% of the Russian smartphone market in monetary terms (up 8% year-over-year) and 82% in unit terms (up 14% year-over-year), while the combined...