How Much Prices Differ Between Egyptian Shops, Category by Category

The numbers, category by category

For every product we took the cheapest shop's price, the typical shop's price (the middle one when every shop's price is lined up) and the dearest. The table shows the median of each comparison across the products in a category, so one odd listing cannot drive the result.

Phones: the mid-range is where gaps open

On 13 of the 35 phones the cheapest shop was 10% or more below the typical shop. The widest gaps were in the mid-range. The Samsung Galaxy A37 12 GB / 256 GB cost EGP 25,000 at El Avocato Mobile against EGP 32,399 at the typical shop (22.8% less). The Oppo A6 4 GB / 128 GB was EGP 11,699 at Technology Valley against EGP 13,999 (16.4%), and the Honor 600 Lite 8 GB / 128 GB EGP 16,999 at Etisal Stores against EGP 19,499 (12.8%).

Flagships and the cheapest phones were tighter. The Galaxy S26 Ultra 12 GB / 512 GB was 6.1% below typical at the cheapest shop, and the Honor X5C Plus 4 GB / 128 GB only 4.5% (EGP 8,499 against EGP 8,899). At the other end of the range, the dearest shop typically asked 22.2% more than the cheapest for the same phone.

Tablets: fewer shops, wider gaps

Tablets are sold by fewer shops per model (a median of 6) and the prices spread furthest. On 4 of the 7 tablets the cheapest shop was 10% or more below the typical one. The Huawei MatePad 11.5 8 GB / 256 GB was EGP 25,999 at Huawei Store against EGP 32,499 at the typical shop (20.0%, EGP 6,500). The Apple iPad Air 11 M4 256 GB was EGP 45,300 at Trojan Stores against EGP 54,750 (17.3%), and the Huawei MatePad 12X (12 GB / 256 GB) EGP 38,120 at Mobilaty against EGP 43,339 (12.0%). The small Honor Pad X7 4 GB / 128 GB was the exception, only 2.0% apart.

Laptops: small percentages, big pounds

Laptops are stocked by many Egyptian shops (11-12 per model at the median) and the percentage gaps are modest: only 1 of the 10 laptops had a cheapest price 10% or more below typical. But because laptops are expensive, the saving in pounds was the largest of any category, a median EGP 3,174.

The ASUS ROG G16 (Ryzen 9, RTX 5050, 16 GB / 1 TB) cost EGP 80,999 at TradeMark against EGP 92,900 at the typical shop, EGP 11,901 less. The ASUS TUF F16 (Core i7, RTX 5060, 16 GB / 512 GB) was EGP 78,703 at Arab Business against EGP 87,012, a saving of EGP 8,309. The Lenovo LOQ 15IRX9 (RTX 3050) was tight, 3.6% below typical.

TVs, monitors and consoles

TVs were the most tightly priced category: the cheapest shop was a median 6.3% below typical, and only 5 of 33 TVs had a gap of 10% or more. The widest was the Haier H55K80EU 55-inch, EGP 17,999 at Hyper One against EGP 21,199 (15.1%).

Monitors are cheap, so the savings are small in pounds (a median EGP 351) even though the dearest shop asked 21.8% more than the cheapest. The Samsung S32GF 24-inch was EGP 4,249 at Arab Business against EGP 4,759 (10.7%), while the Lenovo L244e was almost flat at 0.5%.

Only two consoles were sold by enough shops to compare, so they are not in the table: the PS5 Slim was EGP 43,499 at El Araby Group against EGP 45,750 at the typical shop across 8 shops (4.9%), and the PS5 Slim Digital EGP 39,999 at 2B against EGP 42,140 across 4 shops (5.1%).

No single shop is always cheapest

Across the 35 phones, 10 different shops had the lowest price at least once; across the 33 TVs, at least 13 did; and across just 10 laptops, at least 6 did. Loyalty to one store costs money in Egypt: the shop that is cheapest for one phone or TV is often in the middle of the pack for the next.

• Compare the exact configuration (RAM, storage, screen size and model code), not just the model name.
• Use the typical price as your reference: paying it is normal, paying the top price is not.
• Check when each price was last checked; a price from days ago may have changed.
• When one price is far below the rest, read the listing for the version and the warranty before buying.
• Prices in Egypt include the 14% VAT, and PriceTeq shows each shop's price unchanged, in EGP.

How we measured it

On 9 November 2026 we read the public PriceTeq product pages of 92 widely stocked products sold in Egypt: 35 phones, 33 TVs, 10 laptops, 7 tablets and 7 monitors, covering 42 shops in total. Each page lists every shop's price for that exact item, cheapest first. We counted only new, in-stock units whose price had been checked that day or the day before, and only products with at least four such shop prices. The typical price is the middle shop's price as the page shows it. These figures are the prices shown on priceteq.com that day, a snapshot rather than a forecast.

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