Suara.com – Along with being adopted 5G network In Indonesia, smartphone manufacturers are starting to issue a lot of 5G phone, with varying prices.
Country Manager IDC Indonesia’s Mevira Munindra assesses that consumers in Indonesia have the hope of having 5G phones at affordable prices.
“The expectation is of course for 5G users to expect a price reduction. What we see in our market is the price of handsets with high specifications, but the cost for consumers is quite affordable,” he explained in a virtual press conference with the theme ‘Measuring Opportunities for 5G Handset Growth in the Community. ‘, Tuesday (10/26/2021).
IDC noted that the average selling price of 5G mobile phones in Indonesia fell by 30 percent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter of 2021, to US$ 575 or around Rp. 8.1 million.
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Several manufacturers sell 5G phones at a price of IDR 2 million, such as the Poco M3 Pro 5G and Redmi Note 10 5G.
IDC also said that the sales of smartphones with 5G features in Indonesia also doubled in the second quarter of 2021, compared to the first quarter of 2021.
The number of 5G phones sold in the second quarter of 2021 reached more than 500,000 phones.
Smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2021 also grew 49 percent compared to the second quarter of 2020 and 10 percent compared to the second quarter of 2021. The number of smartphone shipments in the first 6 months of 2021 reached 10.6 million units.
Meanwhile, according to Aryo Meidianto. A, PR Manager of OPPO Indonesia, the availability of 5G phones owned by Oppo has contributed 3.6 percent in the country.
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To increase the number, depending on the stakeholders, how the government strengthens its regulations quickly, operators accelerate the 5G network so that it is present evenly.
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