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China's $200 phones put Samsung on the run in Philippines [Nikkei] (archive.fo)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19496775

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This may get a lot worse for every non Chinese phone maker, as they get access to cheap subsidized chips from SMIC that are extremely competitive for low end phones.

[+] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Samsung isn't under any sort of pressure. No one is forcing their hand to give updates. Their entry level phones still get 2 years only. Mid level 4 years. Where Samsung loses is price competiveness. Emerging markets are very price conscious. Chinese OEMs offer way better bang for buck than Samsung ever does. Heck, for a random mid level price, a Chinese OEM will give OLED screen, 120 Hz display (which Samsung has only for Flagships) and way faster charging(with an actual charger; and no, I don't believe Samsung gives a darn about the environment by not bundling chargers, they only do so so they can sell their massively overpriced chargers).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Most of the A series receives 5 years of security uodates now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I don't think SMIC refuses to sell to non-Chinese companies. Nokia mostly uses Unisoc chips, which are made in China (not sure if by SMIC).

But if they did, it would be a pretty serious problem, since I don't think SMIC even has a viable competitor in the entry-level smartphone chip market.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Apple's market-share in China collapsed recently because they can't compete.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That lack of competing isn't because of price tho. The CCP has effectively convinced the population that Apple (US phones) are bad/untrustworthy, much like the US government has done regarding Huawei. There was a time when Apple had a decent (not great) marketshare in China.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Apple's collapse in China is the direct consequence of America's anti-China policy. Why would the Chinese buy phones from a country that keeps attacking them with sanctions?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago

I don't buy $1000< phones but it's also not something that I would cheap out that much. You get more specs than Samsung on paper, I guess, but that's not a phone needs the most. It's literally one thing you always use and all the most sensitive shits are in there. Chinese smartphone? Please.