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And still, I own a Google phone, but I wouldn't buy some noname brand Android from China, because I have no idea what the quality is going to be like. What Foxc
by tachyonbeam 6y ago
And still, I own a Google phone, but I wouldn't buy some noname brand Android from China, because I have no idea what the quality is going to be like. What Foxconn wants to do is going to result in a flood of cheap Chinese noname electric cars. Think of the products you see on Amazon.
Would you buy an ILove2Life EV200X? It claims to have better range than a Tesla Model 3 and it costs 25% less. It also has cool features like UltraBass speakers built into the headrests, whoa! When people buy a car, they usually expect it to last them at least 5 years, and they expect it to be in good working condition when they sell it (otherwise there would be no buyers). That's hard to do with zero brand trust.
- NotSammyHagar 6y agoAnd more important, the Chinese phones unfortunately can come with govt backdoors. I love the hardware on the new oppo but I cant trust my life with chinese os providers. Is there some way to make sure there aren't hidden backdoors in chinese phones? The only way would be if the os was completely open source and available to built with device drivers (which are themselves never open source...).
- tachyonbeam 6y agoA completely open source OS wouldn't be enough. You'd also have to have a completely open source boot ROM, and you'd have to trust that the device doesn't have hardware backdoors.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoPeople only going to hear "25% less" part and only government protectionism can stop it. Also you have the alternative to buy from other more reputable OEM - better fittings, but same core.
- tachyonbeam 6y agoI don't know about that. Most people I know have an iPhone. The people who have an android usually have a Samsung. My mom is clueless about tech and she just got a Motorola android phone. That's about as noname as it gets in North America. There isn't (yet) some huge proliferation of noname Chinese phones, even though some of them cost 60% or even 80% less than an iPhone.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoFirst of all you scope the problem to America who will be first to tariff the China EV’s, nor is indicative of global trends. Second, savings on a vehicle aren’t comparable to savings on a phone.