Pakistanis Spend USD 1 Billion A Year On Imported Mobile Phones
The issue of imported mobile handsets in Pakistan is getting attention from foreign press as well. Here’s a report from Press Trust of India /Rezaul H Laskar.
Pakistanis spend about one billion dollars a year on imported mobile handsets, with 20 per cent of users changing their phones up to three times a year.
Most markets in major cities are chock-a-block with shops — ranging from plush showrooms to small kiosks — offering the latest handsets and a variety of services, including the “unlocking” of handsets smuggled in from abroad for as little as Rs 700.
Apple’s iPhone, brought in illegally and hacked for use in Pakistan, goes for about Rs 40,000 in shops here, which also offer a wide array of cheap handsets aimed at people living in areas not covered by fixed phone services.
Like their counterparts across the border in India, cellphones with cameras, MP3 players and all the other bells and whistles are a trendy fashion statement with Pakistani youth.
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