After the ban on the use of Apple equipment for civil servants and civil servants, tenders for the destruction of American devices began to be announced in Russia. About this on your Telegram channel reported Leading analyst of Mobile Research Group Eldar Murtazin.
“I was recently in Perm, where the city government held a tender for the destruction of 26 pieces of equipment (smartphones, computers). The winner was announced, the company “IT Em” LLC, the cost of the work is 1200 rubles! Total! It is not possible to abandon the equipment, it must be physically destroyed,” Murtazin wrote.
According to this publications Six companies initially applied for the order on the Properm website. The portal also informs that the bidder cannot claim precious metals obtained from device microcircuits. The company must deliver them and transfer the proceeds to the authorities.
Murtazin believes that in 2024, approximately 120 thousand pieces of Apple equipment worth more than 2 billion rubles will be destroyed in Russia in this way.
“It is interesting that some authorities destroy the equipment while others open tenders. This is a complete dichotomy,” the analyst noted.
Previously Russian users of Apple Vision Pro warned about possible problems.