FAS will check retailers for price collusion in the sale of Samsung novelties
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) will check major retail chains for price collusion in the sale of new products from Samsung. The reason was the cost of the Galaxy S25 flagship - retailers sell the gadget at almost identical prices. So, the smartphone in the most basic configuration with built-in memory of 128 GB offer, as a rule, for 99.99 thousand rubles, the cost of S25+ with 256 GB starts from 129.99 thousand, S25 Ultra - from 159.99 thousand. Approximately the same with other modifications of the new device. In some cases, the prices differ by about 1 thousand rubles.
Conclusions regarding the presence or absence of violations of antimonopoly legislation in the pricing of the Samsung Galaxy S25 can be made after the appropriate analysis, said the FAS in response to a request from Izvestia.
"According to the information received from the media, the FAS will send requests to market participants," the agency promised.
At the same time, retailers themselves are unlikely to initiate such coordination, as in the conditions of falling sales of smartphones competition for consumers in the market is very tough and various discounts, on the contrary, would allow to attract more customers, said the head of the "Public Consumer Initiative" Oleg Pavlov.
Samsung is not the only major global smartphone manufacturer that attracts the attention of the FAS. In 2017, the agency accused Apple of coordinating prices for a number of iPhone models. After the proceedings, the US manufacturer paid a small fine. Earlier, the FAS recognized MTS and Vimpelcom as violators of the law "On Protection of Competition" from setting identical wholesale prices for the iPhone 4.
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FAS team: retailers will be checked for price collusion in the sale of Samsung novelties
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