Until a couple of years ago when someone told you that they had bought a Chinese cell phone, you laughed your ass off him. I would take out a clone of an iPhone that would break just by looking at it and try to sneak in that it was just like the original.
But you saw that piece of screen resolution, which would crack your retinas if you looked at it very closely and knew that that mobile was not even a paperweight. But things are changing, a lot. Now it is worth buying a Chinese mobile.
Is it worth buying a Chinese mobile? Without a doubt
But what exactly has happened in the market? Very easy, major manufacturers have rested on their laurels, rather in the tons of bills that have been accumulating, and have ignored the crisis that plagues half the world.
Samsung, the main champion of AndroidHe sold his cell phones like hotcakes, well he continues to do so but to a lesser extent. Sony, LG, HTC and other manufacturers three-quarters of the same, but at their own pace. The big problem is that they continued to offer high-end terminals at an abusive price.
Meanwhile Chinese manufacturers like Huawei, ZTE, Oppo or Xiaomi they were presenting high-end terminals at very low prices. Not to mention its mid-range smartphones, very worthy and with a very attractive cost compared to its Korean or Japanese competitors.
These manufacturers signed alliances with MediaTek, which manufactures processors that have nothing to envy of the well-known Snapdragon range from the guys at Qualcomm, but at a price ten times lower.
The first Chinese phones had a design flaw: their finishes were rough and their materials cheap (like Samsung's, but without the colossal marketing machine that the Korean giant has).
Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi ... future owners of the market?
But these manufacturers learned from their mistakes and have begun to launch increasingly powerful terminals, with a few more than worthy finishes, and at really attractive prices. With this they have achieved that we can firmly affirm that it is worth buying a Chinese mobile.
Of course, not just any brand. I have seen real atrocities, especially sad copies of the Note 3 or the Samsung Galaxy S4 that, although they have the same design, their performance is ridiculous. But if you want to buy a powerful and cheap mobile, do not rule out models like the one OnePlus One, or any smartphone manufactured by Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi or Oppo because its catalog is becoming more and more interesting.
My conclusion is very simple: the market is changing. Chinese manufacturers are presenting increasingly attractive models at very attractive prices and the customer is learning. In this technological age that we are experiencing, more and more people surf the internet, and look for news from the sector. And the public is getting to know the major Chinese brands more and more. In addition to losing the fear of buying Chinese products.
I may be wrong but I think that this year these firms are going to be very strong and, if they continue like this, next year It may be the year of Chinese smartphone makers, mainly because of the quality and price of its products.
What do you think? Do you think these manufacturers can compete with heavyweights like Samsung or LG? Do you think that our society has removed the stigma of "Chinese product, low quality product", or will this be one of the main barriers that the main Asian firms in the sector will encounter?
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Xiaomi is going to be a brand that will fight a lot in the future. They have already bought the mi.com domain to do a makeover (Xiaomi is difficult to pronounce outside of China) and they are going to expand into emerging markets such as Russia, Mexico, Brazil, etc.
Stiff competition looms for Apple, Samsung, LG, etc.
I would love to believe in that wonderful world where people buy products for their quality / price but we live in the world of marketing. The best-selling phone in the world is one that is permanently technologically old for two years, apart from being exorbitantly expensive and incredibly small by current standards and yet there it is, year after year it continues to be the best-seller.
pashecoq, I can assure you that if tomorrow I could buy this great move on the mediamarkt or at a thephonehouse for the established price, even if it was raised by € 50 more, I would buy it for sure, but as to buy it, I will have to order it online, Invitations, that if there is no stock that if this is the other, then I don't want to buy it. I like to go to a store with my money and buy it without nonsense and go out with my new toy.
My motorola razr r flew through the air and was destroyed pulling with a galaxy s decided to take a risk… .conclusion… I caught a zp 700… in my case, eye, in my case I would go back without hesitation to buy it. Speed, benefits, everything ... a real bargain thinking that next year I can change my phone without ties.
I have had a Xiaomi Red Rice since last year and I do not change it for anything ... well yes ... For a Xiaomi MI3.
First of all, yes, they present mobile phones at a good price, but when you get here the prices swell. Second, it is not worth buying "Chinese" cell phones having them here like for example bq, to buy one that later becomes an odyssey for the guarantee is bullshit.
You just have to take a look at the models that are being released by brands like Xiaomi or Meizu to know that they can and are making strong competition in quality to the best-known brands.
If you have no problem with it, but in the case of Huawey, having to contact customer service can be exasperating.
Customer service never never never answers you, I know from my own experience:
If the phone comes out good, then I eat everything, but touch wood and cross yourself three times.
If a phone bought in November does not answer you, when the year passes heh heh.
Let's go that with Huawey I do not fly to risk and with a Chinese brand, I will think about it