According to industry representatives who made a new statement, approximately 5 million people are under the ladder in Turkey. There is a second hand phone.
According to the news of BloombergHT According to the Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK) data, 4.65 million brand-new smart mobile phones were sold in Turkey in the first half of this year. Stairs according to industry representatives under about 5 million There is a second hand phone. The second-hand phone market is rumored divided into registered or unregistered. Second-hand phones also have under-the-counter sales, namely the unregistered and security problem section, as well as a registered section with a special certification, code and guarantee.
Ömer Lütfi Soylu, Chairman of the Board of Mobilfon Technology, He says that it is important for the consumer to turn to the refurbished phone market and says: “The refurbished phone market is a newly regulated market. Refurbished devices are offered for sale with a special certificate, registration code and 12-month warranty, and are sold in a registered system. In some phones that are sold under the stairs, the vulnerability is high.”
Ömer Lütfi Soylu also states the following:The renovation sector is still very new both in the world and in our country. The industry has a very high potential. According to research, the refurbished phone market grew by 15 percent globally in 2021. Especially in Latin American countries and India, the growth rate is approaching 30 percent.
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We see that the sector has achieved an annual growth of approximately 25 percent in our country as well. According to BTK data, 80 thousand refurbished phones were sold in the first 6 months of 2022. We expect this figure to approach 200,000 by the end of the year. We expect 1 million refurbished phones to be sold next year. We anticipate that the growth momentum of the aftermarket sector, which has become more well-known among consumers, will increase even more”.
Soylu says that they estimate that there are between 25-30 million waste mobile phones in Turkey and adds: “It is estimated that there are 1.4 billion phones in Turkey. 25-30 million of the phone market, of which 100 million units are sold, is waste, that is, garbage.”