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> 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
by groovybits 7y 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 7y 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 7y 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.