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Don't forget that China has biggest and most competitive smartphone market in the world, both in specs and price. iPhone is kinda underwhelming in the past year
by ganfortran 9y ago
Don't forget that China has biggest and most competitive smartphone market in the world, both in specs and price. iPhone is kinda underwhelming in the past year.
- Slamchunk 9y agoI've certainly stuck with my 6 plus, I would like another gig of ram but otherwise it does me fine. I cannot justify dumping £7-900 on a phone, so I am happy to wait it out for now.
- iplaw 9y agoToo bad the phones from ZTE, Huawei, OnePlus, Xiaomi, etc generally suffer from horrendous build quality. From my experience, even their flagship devices feel more like a toy and less like an actual phone. The iPhone and Galaxy, and perhaps a few one offs from other companies, set build quality and craft benchmarks.
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- awjr 9y agoI've been very impressed with the OnePlus 3T. Cannot fault it at the price (£400).
- gideonparanoid 9y ago£400? I got mine for £330 last year (was £300 before GBP tanked).
- victornomad 9y agoit used to be like that but nowadays they are superb. I own a Huawei P9 and even the Google Pixel looks cheapo compared to it.
- Boothroid 9y agoI have a ZTE and whilst it doesn't have the build quality of the more expensive brands, I would in no way describe it as horrendous. It functions amazingly well for a phone costing £90, and at that price if it goes pop I don't really care.
- thogenhaven 9y agoThats Ben Thompsons point, right? That being underwhelming on features doesnt matter in any country but China, because Apple has a moat there: iOS. But iOS doesnt matter in China because there is another OS on top of it: WeChat.
- ganfortran 9y agoI think the speculation about WeChat is overblown. Wechat is essentially important, however, it is not, even it tries hard to be, an OS yet. And very opposite to what people in the West would think, iOS has one big advantage, that is the privacy control, whereas Android platforms in China, because of the absence of Google, have serious issues of mal/spy/bloat-ware. So it is not that in WeChat you can package your bag and transfer to other platforms in a free style. No. Even in the west, transfer to Android or transfer back, isn't that much a problem either. The reason I think people don't want to do this is because there aren't many Android phones out there if u are not a fan of Samsung/LG, specially Galaxy phones. However, China has the most competitive market, phones are offered unlocked like 50% of the price as they sold in the West, and there are many more options/customizations. In that sense, iPhone loses its cool as THE option to go to, even for premium users, like for business people they tend to use Huawei. Point is, Apple needs to get interesting and excited again, otherwise this won't be the end of its decline in China.