Could European Economic Downturn Help Or Hurt Unlocked Mobile Phone Market?
The world is definitely struggling financially.
At the conclusion of 2010 it was discovered that Greece’s public debt was 120% larger than its GDP, resulting in incredibly hard financial measures. At the conclusion of 2011 Italy announced the same position saying that it was 1.9 trillion Euros with debt.
The economy, and debt, of Italy am large that it wasn’t easy to eject Italy from the Eurozone without the collapse of the Euro.
With Europe now in turmoil nowadays there are signs that China’s slowdown could be faster than anybody would really like.
All this means more tougher times for your retail industry ahead, but think about the electronics sector, specifically people who sell unlocked mobile phones?
The outlook is surprisingly good.
Sales of unlocked mobile phones are already dropping in developed markets for many years. Most people had already bought their cheap phone and were either satisfied with it or were seeking to upgrade to an Android smart phone.
Developing markets were the true powerhouses behind the unlocked mobile phone market with sales in Russia, Brazil, India and a lot of countries in Eastern Europe surging in front of the UK, the US and countries in Western Europe.
The only exceptions to this were Italy and Greece where sales of sub 100 USD phones were especially strong.
Essentially it could mean that there is an upturn within the sales of unlocked mobile phones within the developed world in the near future as people need to replace their old phone but cannot afford the data plan and outright expense of a smartphone.
That doesn’t mean there won’t be added challenges though.
Reports appearing out of India (a major market for China unlocked phones) declare that the market there is consolidating with smaller phone sellers (who simply re-badge OEM phones) being pushed out by larger brands who add value to their phones before selling them onto customers.
This is indicative of the types of changes the world will be going through soon and so anybody selling OEM phones might attempt to add value to it, either by offering the phone with a larger Sdcard, includingn music downloads or some other incentive too keep customers loyal and coming back.
Is the unlocked mobile phone market in trouble? Early indications would appear to get no. But it would always be wise to start looking at solutions to add value to your items to you could make your customers feel like you are going for something a little bit more than the bare minimum.
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