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This isn't aiming for the hardcore tech crowd, or even for the casual western user. This is aiming for emerging markets where even a cheap Android phone is way
by ChrisRR 8y ago
This isn't aiming for the hardcore tech crowd, or even for the casual western user. This is aiming for emerging markets where even a cheap Android phone is way out of the price range of a standard user.
It's often easy to forget how big India and China are, but their population combined makes up about 1/3 of the world, so it's potentially an incredibly lucrative market to capture.
I think large parts of Africa will need phones too once their infrastructure is available.
- groovybits 8y ago> This is aiming for emerging markets Agreed > India and China India[1] and China are the two largest phone manufacturers in the world right now. I would not consider them emerging markets in terms of smartphones. 1: https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/india-is-now-worlds-second-largest-mobile-phone-producer-after-china-indian-cellular-association/1117759/ https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/india-is-now-world...
- ChrisRR 8y agoBut they're the producers, not the consumers. And the rest of the world uses them because they're paid so little that they can't afford the phones they're making.
- groovybits 8y ago> can't afford the phones they're making. Really? I was under the impression that Chinese consumers almost exclusively purchased Chinese-brand phones. How many sales do Samsung and Apple make in these countries? I thought that was the (forced?) appeal of the lock-in to Chinese apps.