Many entrepreneurs refuse to indicate number of spartphones imported to Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - In 2010, Orange Armenia sold over 550 iPhone smartphones; with a monthly sales volume of 100 HTC, BlackBerry, Nokia and iPhone smpartphones, Orange Armenia press secretary Lilit Martirosyan noted, stressing increasing interest for the devices.

Meanwhile VivaCell-MTS reported sales of around 1000 HTC, BlackBerry, Samsung Galaxy S smartphones. However, the importers refused to provide a specific figure in a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. As LD mobile, SONY ERICSSON official distributor in Armenia reported, the official number of smartphones sold exceeds a thousand. Nokia Office in Armenia reported sales volume of several thousand smartphones in 2010.

However, as an independent expert Andranik Markosyan noted, figures indicated often comprise 10-20% of actual smaprtphone sales in Armenia. “Many private entrepreneurs, engaged in import of smarphones, conceal the actual quantities of devices imported,” the expert believes.

According to Armenian custom service –provided data, 783 thousand mobile phones, including smartphones, were imported to Armenia in January-September 2010, the import increasing by 3 times compared to 2009.