The most popular smartphones of 2022 in Russia

Let's be honest - collecting statistics on popular smartphones is very difficult, especially since many companies simply do not publish this data. However, we managed to find publicly available statistics for one of the months of 2022. Should she be trusted? It seems to us that yes, especially since other versions of statistics partly confirm the popularity of certain smartphones. It is also worth noting that over the past few years the share of such companies in the Russian market as Samsung, Huawei, Honor, Apple and Xiaomi has been seriously growing. There is also growth in the field of expensive smartphones costing more than 30 thousand rubles, but they, as you understand, are numerically inferior to much less expensive devices.

Samsung Galaxy A10

The junior smartphone of the A series from Samsung on the Russian market at the time of writing. Apparently, its low cost plays a decisive role.

The design of the smartphone is made in the style of older models; it uses a fairly large 6.2-inch display, but there is no AMOLED technology here. There is also no fingerprint scanner - apparently, it is proposed to replace it with face unlock.

The smartphone has a plastic case, a 3400 mAh battery, 2 GB of RAM, an Exynos 7 Octa 7884 processor, and 32 GB of main memory. Of course, there is no NFC module.

Screen diagonal: 6.2 inches

Screen resolution: 1520×720

Weight: 168 g

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: Exynos 7884

Memory capacity: 32 GB

RAM capacity: 3 GB

Battery capacity: 3400 mAh

Rear camera: 13 MP

Front camera: 5 MP

Memory card support: yes

Europe and Latin America

 Among European countries, buyers prefer Samsung (32%) and Apple (22%). Between them, these companies sell more than half of the smartphones in the Old World. Places 3-5 were predictably taken by Xiaomi (14%), Huawei (13%) and OPPO (3%).

Sales statistics in Europe.

Interestingly, Samsung showed very good sales in South America (41%). This is also the only region other than North America where Motorola ranks quite high . In Latin America as a whole, almost every fifth smartphone sold carries the “M” logo (18%).

Sales statistics in Latin America

It should be noted that in all the figures given, Huawei sales were taken into account along with Honor sales. The companies parted ways only at the end of the year.

Samsung Galaxy A50 64GB

The Samsung Galaxy A50 turned out to be not only popular, but also very successful. See for yourself: for relatively little money, the user gets a cool body design, an excellent 6.4-inch display with a resolution of 2340×1080 pixels, a triple main camera that takes good pictures for its price segment, an NFC module, a powerful 4000 mAh battery, support for fast charging and even a fingerprint sensor built into the screen.

As for the platform, the Galaxy A50 is powered by the Samsung Exynos 9610 chip, RAM - 4 GB, internal memory - 64 GB.

Screen diagonal: 6.4 inches

Screen resolution: 2340×1080

Weight: 166 g

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: Exynos 9610

Memory capacity: 64 GB

RAM capacity: 4 GB

Battery capacity: 4000 mAh

Rear camera: triple 25/8/5 MP

Front camera: 25 MP

Memory card support: yes

Honor 7A

Budget smartphone from Honor. The model is by no means the newest, but it is in demand, including due to its low cost, and it has managed to fall in price significantly since its debut.

What does the buyer get? 5.45-inch display with a resolution of 1440×720 pixels, single main camera, 4-core MediaTek MT6739 processor, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of ROM. The battery capacity is 3020 mAh. There is no fingerprint scanner or NFC here.

Users note good system speed, nice design, separate slots for two SIM cards and an SD card, and normal battery life.

Screen diagonal: 5.45 inches

Screen resolution: 1440×720

Weight: -

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: MediaTek MT6739

Memory capacity: 16 GB

RAM capacity: 2 GB

Battery capacity: 3020 mAh

Rear camera: 13 MP

Front camera: 5 MP

Memory card support: yes

Honor 10 Lite 3/32GB

Honor 10 Lite also turned out to be popular. No wonder: great price, cool appearance, unusual body colors, decent characteristics (for the price, of course).

Honor 10 Lite has a fairly large 6.21-inch display with a high resolution of 2340×1080 pixels, a dual main camera, NFC, a proprietary HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset, 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory. Of course, there is a fingerprint sensor and face unlock. Battery capacity - 3400 mAh.

Screen diagonal: 6.21 inches

Screen resolution: 2340×1080

Weight: 162 g

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 710

Memory capacity: 32 GB

RAM capacity: 3 GB

Battery capacity: 3400 mAh

Rear camera: dual 13/2 MP

Front camera: 24 MP

Memory card support: yes

Xiaomi Redmi 7A 2/32GB

It is not surprising that the Xiaomi Redmi 7A is in demand - it is very inexpensive, but has almost everything you need.

The first thing worth noting is the design - yes, the smartphone does not stand out in any way, but at the same time it looks very good, just like a much more expensive model could look like. It uses a 5.45-inch display with a resolution of 1440x720 pixels, a fresh 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 chip, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of ROM (for the specified version). Separately, we would like to highlight a powerful battery with a capacity of 4000 mAh, and also - this is extremely rare in this class - protection against splashes, but specifically from splashes, and not from water - do not confuse it.

There is no fingerprint sensor, but face unlocking is supported.

Screen diagonal: 5.45 inches

Screen resolution: 1440×720

Weight: 165 g

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 439

Memory capacity: 32 GB

RAM capacity: 2 GB

Battery capacity: 4000 mAh

Rear camera: 13 MP

Front camera: 5 MP

Memory card support: yes

What smartphones are bought more often?

In some articles I have already talked about the fact that where some companies lost a significant market share at the end of the year, others, on the contrary, showed strong growth. The main direction of the “flow” of customers, naturally, was observed from Huawei to Xiaomi. There were plenty of reasons for this, but there were other changes.

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This time, the results of the market research were shared by the authoritative agency Counterpoint, which analyzed in detail the performance of smartphone brands in 2022 in various countries around the world.

At the end of last year, the sales leaders in the world as a whole predictably became Samsung, Apple and Huawei. Despite the problems of the latter, good sales in the home region, China's quick recovery from the covid crisis and a large margin of safety allowed the company to maintain its place in the TOP 3 in the world .

These smartphones are purchased more often than others.

It is interesting that if you look at the breakdown by country, then one of these three will top the rating, but in the rest of the TOP 5 for this region there may not be two other leaders in global sales .

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 3/32GB

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 turned out to be very successful. Yes, we won’t see any revelations here - all this is available on other smartphones, but they are usually much more expensive.

It is stated that the back cover is made of glass - we’ll take our word for it, although today it’s difficult to distinguish glass from plastic, to put it mildly. The asset includes new bright colors of the case for every taste. The diagonal of the excellent IPS display is 6.3 inches, high resolution - 2340x1080 pixels. The device is powered by a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor, memory capacity is 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of ROM.

Note the powerful 4000 mAh battery and fast charging. Users like the bright screen, good quality of the resulting photos, and high battery life.

Screen diagonal: 6.3 inches

Screen resolution: 2340×1080

Weight: 186 g

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 660

Memory capacity: 32 GB

RAM capacity: 3 GB

Battery capacity: 4000 mAh

Rear camera: dual 48/5 MP

Front camera: 13 MP

Memory card support: yes

Where is Huawei best sold?

But Huawei was doing well in Asia. This includes China, India, Mongolia and other countries as far as Japan and Papua New Guinea. In this territory, Huawei sold 19% of the total number of smartphones , that is, every fifth handset. It is interesting that the first four places in the ranking were taken by Chinese companies (Huawei, Vivo, Xiaomi, OPPO) and only then came Samsung with a score of 11%. Apple did not make it into the TOP 5, despite all the love the Chinese have for its products. It can be assumed that India made a big contribution to the statistics, where many inexpensive Chinese devices are sold.

Sales statistics in Asia

Honor 8A

Budget phone from Honor - nice appearance, low cost.

As is now fashionable, Honor 8A sports a so-called “bezel-less” display. The screen diagonal is 6.09 inches, the resolution can be called classic for this price group - 1560x720 pixels.

How can Honor 8A stand out from its competitors? Here's what: that rare case when an NFC module is used in a public sector phone.

Screen diagonal: 6.09 inches

Screen resolution: 1560×720

Weight: 150 g

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: MediaTek Helio P35 (MT6765)

Memory capacity: 32 GB

RAM capacity: 2 GB

Battery capacity: 3020 mAh

Rear camera: 13 MP

Front camera: 8 MP

Memory card support: yes

Samsung Galaxy A30 32GB

Another very popular and at the same time relatively inexpensive smartphone from Samsung is the A30. It costs, of course, less than the A50, but in terms of characteristics it is not so much inferior to the older model.

Here we see a 6.4-inch high-resolution display, a good dual main camera, a body design similar to other A-series smartphones, a proprietary Samsung Exynos 7904 chip, 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal memory. A good battery is as much as 4000 mAh, and the fingerprint sensor is located on the back of the case.

Screen diagonal: 6.4 inches

Screen resolution: 2340×1080

Weight: 165 g

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: Samsung Exynos 7904

Memory capacity: 32 GB

RAM capacity: 3 GB

Battery capacity: 4000 mAh

Rear camera: dual 16/5 MP

Front camera: 16 MP

Memory card support: yes

Top 10 of all smartphones

First place: Xiaomi Redmi Note 7

Just like last month, the top smartphone for 16,000 rubles is in first place. Most often they buy the version with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage.

Redmi Note 7 review: Xiaomi knows how to do budget stuff

Alexander Pobyvanets

7 February 2019

Second place: Samsung Galaxy A50

At the beginning of the month, the Galaxy A50 ranked third among the most popular smartphones in Russia, but continues to move forward purposefully. This is a balanced smartphone, and I would choose it when compared with Xiaomi, because the brand dictates.

Cooler than Redmi Note 7?! Samsung Galaxy A50 review

Alexander Pobyvanets

April 4, 2019

Third place: Apple iPhone XR

It looks like this year the iPhone XR will continue to occupy a leading position: the price has become even nicer, the iPhone 11 has not received any significant differences, and the XR is still a top-end smartphone.

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October 1, 2019

Fourth place: Xiaomi Redmi 7

I would call it an ideal smartphone for a grandma or a schoolchild because it is an affordable phone with a large screen. Grandma will be able to see everything, and it will be convenient for the schoolchild to play with toys. The smartphone also has good battery life and costs around 9,000 rubles.

Redmi 7 review: nice Xiaomi for $100

Alexander Pobyvanets

March 29, 2019

Fifth place: Xiaomi Mi 9T

Everything is in the best traditions of Xiaomi: flagship specifications, a good camera and an affordable price of 19,000 rubles. Well, who else can do that?

Stability is a sign of skill: review of the handsome Xiaomi Mi 9T

Ilya Kichaev

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Sixth place: Apple iPhone XR

In third place is the iPhone XR with a minimum memory capacity of 64 GB, and in sixth place is the version with 128 GB.

Why iPhone XR is the best

Alexander Pobyvanets

15 August 2019

Seventh place: Samsung Galaxy A10

Galaxy A10 is the choice of those who are not chasing top-end specifications or a 48 megapixel camera. Buyers of this smartphone need calls, social networks, and YouTube to watch. The phone can be found for 8,000 rubles, if not cheaper.

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Ilya Kichaev

March 1, 2019

Eighth place: Samsung Galaxy S10e

This is a “small flagship” with top-end characteristics for 35,000 rubles. It seems to me that it’s an excellent competitor to the iPhone XR, if you don’t like iOS and have a bit of a budget cut.

Review of the small flagship Samsung Galaxy S10e

Alexander Pobyvanets

March 28, 2019

Ninth place: Xiaomi Redmi Note 7

Lagging behind the leader Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 by 6/64 GB, the ninth place is occupied by a “simpler” version: 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage. The price of the smartphone is 12,000 rubles.

Tenth place: Samsung Galaxy A70

In my opinion, the most uninteresting smartphone from the entire selection: it costs about 21,000 rubles and does not particularly stand out. This is the case when it is better to take Xiaomi.

Samsung Galaxy A70 review: size matters

Alexander Pobyvanets

7 May 2019

Xiaomi Redmi 7 3/32GB

Xiaomi Redmi 7, one of the budget models of the Chinese company, is also in great demand.

Externally, Redmi 7 is similar to Redmi Note 7, but these are completely different devices. For example, the back cover in this case is made of plastic, the resolution of the 6.26-inch smartphone is relatively low (1520x720 pixels), and the processor used is a not so powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 632. But the battery capacity is completely the same - 4000 mAh.

In general, Redmi 7 is simpler than the older model, but at the same time cheaper.

Screen diagonal: 6.26 inches

Screen resolution: 1520×720

Weight: 180 g

Number of SIM cards: 2

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 632

Memory capacity: 32 GB

RAM capacity: 3 GB

Battery capacity: 4000 mAh

Rear camera: dual 12/2 MP

Front camera: 8 MP

Memory card support: yes

What phones do Americans buy?

For example, according to Counterpoint, in North America Apple was in the lead, Samsung was in second place, and LG was in third place. In 2020, Apple was so dominant in the region that roughly every second smartphone sold was an iPhone. At the same time, for obvious reasons, Huawei was not even included in the TOP 5, despite the fact that fifth place is only 4% of the market.

North American sales statistics

Xiaomi Mi 9T 6/64GB

As far as we know, the recent new product from Xiaomi, the Mi 9T, is also in good demand. It is interesting for its low cost (of course, relative to direct competitors), a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 processor and 6 GB of RAM in this version, a retractable front camera, as well as very unusual colors.

It is also worth noting a very decent camera, NFC of course, a 4000 mAh battery with fast charging, and an in-screen fingerprint sensor.