Tuva became the leader in the growth of tablet sales in Siberia

Demand for mobile devices in Tuva increased more than doubled in the third quarter compared to the same period of 2014. This is the best indicator among the regions of Siberia, MTS found out on the results of sales in its own retail network.

The most popular among residents of the republic were models of the Oysters brand tablets, which have almost half of the devices sold (45%). The first three also included Supra (37%) and Samsung (13%). At the same time, the average cost of tablet computers in MTS retail from July to September decreased by 10% compared to the second quarter and amounted to 3,879 rubles, the report said

Telecom operator

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One of the fastest growing was the segment

LTE Smartphones

. So, the demand for “smart” phones with 4G has increased by more than 8 times, which is the third result in Siberia. At the same time, a quarter of all smartphones purchased at MTS sales offices in the republic in the second quarter supported the fourth generation network.

“Functional smartphones with a diagonal of five inches became much more popular. So, from July to September of the current year, residents of the republic acquired four times more phablets than in the same period of the previous year, ”said Grigory Chernov, director of the branch of MTS PJSC in the Republic of Tuva. - The growth of demand for gadgets indicates a change in consumer preferences of the residents of the republic: more and more people are acquired instead of outdated devices more productive smartphones and tablets to view multimedia content and “surfing” on the Internet on the 4G MTS network. ”

Choosing a gadget with support for work in

LTE networks

, residents of the region preferred budget devices - almost 60%

4G scartphones

cost from 5 to 10 thousand rubles.

Samsung devices were the best “smart” phones with 4G support, the demand for which increased by almost 16 times compared to the same indicator of 2014. Almost 80% of the sold smartphones fell on the model of Korean vendor. In second place -

LTE

MTS, whose popularity has increased by five times due to the start of sales of the budget "smart" phone of MTS Smart Run 4G. Closes

TOP-3

Microsoft ─ growth by almost 4 times.