It's not you, mobiles are getting more expensive

We pay more and more for our smartphones and not only when we buy a latest generation iPhone or Samsung.

According to the consulting firm GfK, which has just published its report on the global mobile phone market in 2021, the average purchase price of terminals

.

The reasons are several, but from the consultancy they point to logistics problems and the

as clear influences on this trend.

In 2020, the average purchase price of a smartphone was 318 dollars, about 282 euros to change.

Last year, however, the average amount paid by consumers for a new terminal amounted to 368 dollars, about

in exchange.

Towards the end of the year the figure was even higher.

This is the time of year when Apple renews its catalog of iPhones, and that usually has a clear effect on the average price of the terminals sold.

From October to December 2021, the average smartphone price was $392, 6.5% above the annual average.

This increase in price has helped reduce the impact of the drop in sales by number of units.

"Although the global smartphone market ended 2021 with revenue growth, it should be noted that

, almost 10.6% compared to the same period of the previous year. ", explains Jan Lorbach, GfK's head of telecommunications and consumer technology.

Along with supply problems, the other reason for the price increase has been the arrival of 5G, which is encouraging users to renew their phones, although only 25% of consumers consider it a priority.

When buying, storage capacity and battery are still the main factors that are taken into account.

The report, published a few days before the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​also points out the good performance of wearable electronic devices focused on health,

.

In total, this group of products registered an increase of 36% in business volume and represent a market of 13,800 million dollars (about 12,200 million euros).

The push is mainly due to the pandemic, which has fueled interest in devices with multiple sensors to monitor health data.

Devices with a blood oxygen measurement function, for example, doubled their weight in global market revenue from 33% in 2020 to 67% in 2021, while devices with a sleep monitoring function increased their share. in income from 67% to 93%.

The consultant expects that in 2022 the growth trend in these devices will continue.

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