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Lebanon Electronics Price Index: July 2026
What electronics really cost in Lebanon, measured from 454,973 daily price checks across 81 Lebanese shops in July 2026. Original data, free to cite.
- Same-item prices, month on month
- +0.8%
- Typical gap, cheapest vs priciest shop
- 13.9%
- Verified price drops
- 19
- Products priced at month end
- 11,347
July 2026
Key findings
Shopping around pays. For 642 products sold new by 3 or more shops, the most expensive shop asked a median 13.9% ($98) more than the cheapest one, and 65% of them had a gap above 10%. Example: Sony PlayStation®5 Slim Console ranged from $640 to $759 across 19 shops.
Like for like, prices rose 0.8% between the end of Jun 2026 and the end of Jul 2026: 13% of tracked products got more expensive and 4% got cheaper. The typical phone price moved from $588 to $440 (−25.2%), but the same phones changed only +1.5%: the difference is in which models shops list, not in what they charge.
We verified 19 real price drops during July (at least 7% and $30, each price held for 2+ days), with a median cut of 13.1%. The largest: HP X360 OMNIBOOK 14T CORE 3 100U 8GB 256GB NVME 14.0 WUXGA TOUCH SILVER sold at Mediatech LB, $750 to $575 (−23%).
Prices by category
Typical prices, and how they moved
The typical price is the median month-end price of every new product in the category. It moves when shops list different models, so the same-item change column is the real price movement: the same listings, priced at the end of June 2026 and again at the end of July 2026.
| Category | Typical price | Middle half | Typical, vs last month | Same-item change | Pricier / cheaper | Products · shops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laptops | $1,000 | $685–$1,568 | −2.8% | +0.65%3,794 items | 10% / 2% | 5,095 · 49 |
| Phones | $440 | $192–$1,097 | −25.2% | +1.48%808 items | 26% / 12% | 2,023 · 36 |
| Tablets | $315 | $150–$745 | +1.6% | +1.18%401 items | 16% / 5% | 989 · 47 |
| Monitors | $240 | $149–$415 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,428 · 44 |
| TVs | $849 | $454–$1,899 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,236 · 33 |
| Game consoles | $550 | $342–$750 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 275 · 41 |
| All six categories | +0.82%5,024 items | 13% / 4% | 11,046 · 81 |
Prices in US dollars, as the buyer pays them (VAT added where a shop prices before VAT). New condition only. Download this table (CSV)
Over time
The index since June 2026
Each month's same-item change, chained. 100 = month-end prices at the end of June 2026; 101 means the same basket costs 1% more.
| Index | Jun 2026 | Jul 2026 | Aug 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All six categories | 100.0 | 100.8 | 101.5 | 102.2 |
| Laptops | 100.0 | 100.6 | 101.3 | 102.0 |
| Phones | 100.0 | 101.5 | 103.4 | 104.5 |
| Tablets | 100.0 | 101.2 | 102.0 | 103.1 |
Same product, different price
How much the price of one product varies between shops
642 products were sold new by 3 or more shops at the end of July 2026. Across them, the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive shop was a median 13.9% ($98). The most widely stocked:
| Product | Shops | Price range | Gap | Cheapest at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony PlayStation®5 Slim Console | 19 | $640 to $759 | 19% · $119 | Merhi Trading |
| Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max | 18 | $1,400 to $1,897 | 36% · $497 | Prince Tel |
| Apple iPhone 17 | 18 | $893 to $1,264 | 42% · $371 | Classic Phones |
| Apple iPhone 17 Pro | 17 | $1,310 to $1,748 | 33% · $438 | 2 shops tied |
| DELL Inspiron 16 5640 Intel Core 7-150U | 32GB DDR5 RAM ; 1TB NVMe | Intel Graphics |... | 14 | $833 to $1,263 | 52% · $430 | Expert-Zone |
| Apple MacBook Neo 13"A18 Pro - 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD | 14 | $720 to $950 | 32% · $230 | Mr Phone |
| LENOVO IdeaPad Slim 3 15IRH10 – Core i7-13620H – 16GB RAM – 512GB SSD | 14 | $599 to $810 | 35% · $211 | Options Megastore |
| Nintendo Switch 2 | 13 | $500 to $685 | 37% · $185 | 2 shops tied |
| Apple iPad 11-inches (A16) 128GB | 11 | $347 to $499 | 44% · $152 | Classic Phones |
| Samsung 43″ Crystal UHD U8000F 4K Smart TV | 10 | $304 to $389 | 28% · $85 | Afif Itani & Sons |
Some of the gap reflects versions sold under one model name (eSIM or physical SIM, official or shop warranty, colour). Prices more than 30% away from the shops' median are left out as a likely different version. Only the cheapest shop is named.
Real price drops
The biggest verified price drops in July 2026
Measured by us, not taken from a shop's "was" price: each item held the higher price on at least 2 days at the start of the month and the lower one on at least 2 days at the end. 19 of the 5,384 products priced at both ends of the month qualified.
| Product | Shop | Start of month | End of month | Drop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP X360 OMNIBOOK 14T CORE 3 100U 8GB 256GB NVME 14.0 WUXGA TOUCH SILVER sold | Mediatech LB | $750 | $575 | −23% · $175 |
| Lenovo LOQ Gaming Laptop - Core i7 14700HX, 16GB RAM, RTX 5060, 144Hz | Options Megastore | $1,750 | $1,450 | −17% · $300 |
| LENOVO IDEAPAD SLIM 3X Ai SNAPDRAGON X 16GB 1TB NVME 15.3″ WUXGA TOUCHSCREEN WIN11... | Mediatech LB | $799 | $665 | −17% · $134 |
| HP 14T-EP100 CORE 5 120U 12GB 256GB NVME 14 HD JET BLACK | Mediatech LB | $599 | $510 | −15% · $89 |
| iPhone Air 256GB Light Gold | iStyle Lebanon | $1,353 | $1,164 | −14% · $189 |
| Dell 16 Plus LDB16250-9052BLU-PUS U9-288V, 32GB, 1TB | Gamma LB | $1,610 | $1,388 | −14% · $222 |
| Apple iPad Pro M5 | Talaco | $1,340 | $1,165 | −13% · $175 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip 14-kp0023dx Laptop - 14" - Intel Core Ultra 7 - 24GB RAM - 512GB... | Ayoub Computers | $1,442 | $1,275 | −12% · $167 |
| Xiaomi 17 512GB | Najem Starcall | $970 | $865 | −11% · $105 |
| MSI Cyborg 15 Gaming Laptop Core 7 240H RTX 5070 144Hz | Options Megastore | $1,750 | $1,600 | −9% · $150 |
Methodology
How we measure
Source.LebTech checks the public websites of Lebanese electronics shops every day and records each product's price and stock status. This edition uses 454,973 of those daily checks, taken over 31 days in July 2026. No shop pays to be included, and shops do not supply or review the figures.
Scope. Shops based in Lebanon that are listed on LebTech; six categories (laptops, phones, tablets, monitors, TVs, game consoles); laptop accessories excluded. Only products in new condition count towards prices; used, open-box and refurbished units are one-offs, not a market price.
Month-end price.A product's price is the one it showed most often, in stock, over the last 4 well-covered days of the month (Jul 28, Jul 29, Jul 30, Jul 31), and it must be seen on at least 2 of them, so a one-day error never becomes a price. Prices are what the buyer pays: when a shop advertises prices before VAT, we add the 11% VAT.
Typical priceis the median of those month-end prices in a category (the "middle half" runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile). Same-item changecompares each product's month-end price with its own month-end price a month earlier and averages the ratios geometrically (the Jevons formula statistical offices use for elementary price indices). Changes larger than 2x either way are treated as data errors and left out.
Verified drops follow the rule used across LebTech: the price must fall by at least 7% and at least $30, the earlier price must have held on 2+ days (Jul 1, Jul 2, Jul 3, Jul 4), and an earlier price more than 1.5x the new one is rejected as a likely error.
Same-product gap. Listings are grouped when our matcher identifies the same model with the same memory and storage (manufacturer part numbers where shops publish them). For each product carried by 3+ shops we take each shop's lowest month-end price and compare the cheapest with the most expensive.
Limits. We see advertised online prices, not prices negotiated in store or paid in cash at a different rate. Shop coverage changes as shops join or their sites go down; the typical price is sensitive to that, the same-item change is not. Figures are frozen when an edition is published and are not revised.
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LebTech (2026). Lebanon Electronics Price Index, July 2026. https://lebtechlb.com/price-index/2026-07
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