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Lebanon Electronics Price Index: August 2026
What electronics really cost in Lebanon, measured from 572,912 daily price checks across 77 Lebanese shops in August 2026. Original data, free to cite.
- Same-item prices, month on month
- +0.7%
- Typical gap, cheapest vs priciest shop
- 13.9%
- Verified price drops
- 76
- Products priced at month end
- 10,251
August 2026
Key findings
Shopping around pays. For 602 products sold new by 3 or more shops, the most expensive shop asked a median 13.9% ($86) more than the cheapest one, and 66% of them had a gap above 10%. Example: LENOVO IdeaPad Slim 3 15IRH10 – Core i7-13620H – 16GB RAM – 512GB SSD ranged from $690 to $970 across 19 shops.
Like for like, prices rose 0.7% between the end of Jul 2026 and the end of Aug 2026: 13% of tracked products got more expensive and 7% got cheaper. The typical tablet price moved from $315 to $295 (−6.3%), but the same tablets changed only +0.8%: the difference is in which models shops list, not in what they charge.
We verified 76 real price drops during August (at least 7% and $30, each price held for 2+ days), with a median cut of 11.8%. The largest: Samsung Smart TV Qled 55 Inch 4K at Kaystore, $665 to $469 (−30%).
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 July 2026 and again at the end of August 2026.
| Category | Typical price | Middle half | Typical, vs last month | Same-item change | Pricier / cheaper | Products · shops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laptops | $1,000 | $680–$1,600 | ±0.0% | +0.61%3,379 items | 13% / 6% | 4,139 · 46 |
| Phones | $445 | $206–$1,138 | +1.1% | +1.89%1,591 items | 23% / 10% | 1,919 · 37 |
| Tablets | $295 | $157–$758 | −6.3% | +0.81%847 items | 19% / 9% | 987 · 44 |
| Monitors | $244 | $150–$410 | +1.5% | −0.06%1,257 items | 1% / 3% | 1,358 · 41 |
| TVs | $797 | $449–$1,745 | −6.1% | −0.25%960 items | 5% / 8% | 1,222 · 33 |
| Game consoles | $550 | $330–$770 | ±0.0% | +1.11%226 items | 17% / 5% | 261 · 36 |
| All six categories | +0.69%8,260 items | 13% / 7% | 9,886 · 77 |
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
602 products were sold new by 3 or more shops at the end of August 2026. Across them, the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive shop was a median 13.9% ($86). The most widely stocked:
| Product | Shops | Price range | Gap | Cheapest at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LENOVO IdeaPad Slim 3 15IRH10 – Core i7-13620H – 16GB RAM – 512GB SSD | 19 | $690 to $970 | 41% · $280 | CompuWorld |
| Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max | 18 | $1,400 to $1,820 | 30% · $420 | Prince Tel |
| Sony PlayStation®5 Slim Console 1TB | 18 | $680 to $800 | 18% · $120 | Gametricks |
| Apple iPhone 17 Pro | 17 | $1,310 to $1,725 | 32% · $415 | 2 shops tied |
| Apple iPhone 17 | 17 | $920 to $1,143 | 24% · $223 | Global Mobile LB |
| Apple MacBook Neo 13″ A18 Pro 8GB/256GB | 14 | $715 to $950 | 33% · $235 | Mr Phone |
| Apple MacBook Neo 13″ A18 Pro 8GB/512GB | 14 | $749 to $929 | 24% · $180 | Game Bros LB |
| Nintendo Switch 2 | 13 | $500 to $577 | 15% · $77 | 3 shops tied |
| Apple iPad 11-inches (A16) 128GB | 11 | $347 to $489 | 41% · $142 | Classic Phones |
| Samsung 55″ QLED Q6F 4K Smart TV (2025) | 10 | $465 to $589 | 27% · $124 | 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 August 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. 76 of the 8,426 products priced at both ends of the month qualified.
| Product | Shop | Start of month | End of month | Drop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Smart TV Qled 55 Inch 4K | Kaystore | $665 | $469 | −30% · $196 |
| QLED Q7F 4K Samsung Vision AI Smart TV - Q7FAA | BMS Samsung Lebanon | $789 | $569 | −28% · $220 |
| Samsung Vision AI Smart TV Neo QLED 100 Inch 4K | Kaystore | $5,495 | $3,999 | −27% · $1,496 |
| LG OLED55C56LA TV OLED 55 4K SMART 144HZ A9 AI | Afif Itani & Sons | $2,200 | $1,634 | −26% · $566 |
| Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge | Classic Phones | $955 | $735 | −23% · $220 |
| Samsung QA85QN85DBUXTW LED 85” TV Neo Qled 4K | Beytech | $4,799 | $3,699 | −23% · $1,100 |
| SAMSUNG QA65Q6F TV QLED 65 4K SMART | Afif Itani & Sons | $764 | $595 | −22% · $169 |
| LG QNED TV 75″ MINI LED SERIES 8 | Hajj Electronics | $1,949 | $1,525 | −22% · $424 |
| BLACKVIEW MEGA 2 WIFI 12GB RAM 256GB ICE BLUE, 1 YEAR WARRANTY | Mr Phone | $242 | $190 | −22% · $52 |
| BLACKVIEW MEGA 2 WIFI 12GB RAM 256GB CELESTIAL GREY, 1 YEAR WARRANTY | Mr Phone | $242 | $190 | −22% · $52 |
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 572,912 of those daily checks, taken over 29 days in August 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 (Aug 26, Aug 27, Aug 29, Aug 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 (Aug 1, Aug 2, Aug 3, Aug 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, August 2026. https://lebtechlb.com/price-index/2026-08
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