Expensive phones dominate best-selling ranking of online stores

The presence of expensive products in the ranking of best-selling electronics and home appliances is a first indication that the market could stagnate, at least in terms of value, compared with 2009. In addition, the saying “I am too poor to buy cheap” seems to justify such rankings.

If we look at the best-selling electronics and home appliances in online stores, we are in for a surprise. Among eMAG’s ten best-selling mobile phones, for instance, there are four models priced above 250 euros, which include an iPhone 4 with a 16-GB capacity in fourth place and the same model, with a 32-GB capacity, in seventh place, priced at 850 euros and 900 euros respectively. Quite a hefty price tag, considering that a mobile phone costs a few tens of euros on average, thanks to subsidies granted by mobile phone operators in GSM stores. The same ranking in online store PCFun.ro also features four phones priced above 250 euros, with an HTC model at no. three costing 500 euros. On the website of retail chain Domo a Nokia N97 is among the top five sellers, priced at 600 euros, writes BUSINESS Magazin weekly (www.businessmagazin.ro).