Some 80% of the best-selling smartphones marketed by EuroGsm use Android and the remainder have other operating systems, especially iOS, Windows Phone and Blackberry, EuroGsm general manager Zoltan Halmai said in a press release.

Romanians using phone cards allot between 1,000 and 2,000 for smartphone acquisitions, he added.

According to the latest market estimations by GfK Retail and Technology, about 471,000 smartphones were sold in Romania in the first five months of the year, of which more than 80% use Android.

EuroGsm’s best-selling Android smartphones are Orange Nivo, Samsung Galaxy Young, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini and Acer Liquid Z2 .

EuroGsm was set up 16 years ago and operates 113 stores in 80 large and small cities. (EUR1=RON4.4201)