US and UK biggest gadget buyers
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 by Sam
We love our gadgets but who knew that we were the second biggest gadget lovers in the world? Second only to the US, the UK spends the most on gadgets.
We spend a massive $44.3bn. That’s £24bn or €31bn, making us the biggest gadget buyers in Europe.
The survey was conducted by Euromonitor and covers gadget spending throughout 2007 but unfortunately doesn’t tell us what kind of gadgets each county invest in.
Here’s the top five gadget-buying countries from the survey:
1. US - £91.6bn / $162bn
2. UK - £24bn / $44.3bn
3. Germany - £17bn / $30bn
4. France - £15.3bn / $27.1bn
5. Russia - £13.9bn / $24.5bn
If you don’t feel you’ve lived up to this title, perhaps you should check out all of the other gadgets we’ve written about on Decide What to Buy or you can check out some gadget reviews.
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