Chinese Mobiles Flood Indian Cellular Market
This post was guest blogged by Sneezy Melon of The Goofy Express.
It’s a long known fact that owning a branded cell phone has been a trend in only a few countries besides India, one often related with social stigmas. However, the recent flood of Chinese mobile phones in the Indian cellular market seems all set to bring drastic changes.
Recently, a friend of mine was gifted a ‘Made In China’ mobile phone having all the features that one could possibly expect, including a touchscreen module controlled by a stylus, multiple SIM card slots, 5-speaker High Definition Sound System, 3.2 Mega Pixel Autofocus Camera, a 2GB MicroSD memory card with expandable memory upto 8GB and a large 2.8 inch screen size along with an unusually long-lasting battery. The more surprising part is that, although something similar could be bought from a trusted brand like Nokia costing around $900 (Rs.36,000), the Chinese counterpart costed a meager $200 (Rs 8,000).
The Chinese models would, of course, lack on the warranty and customer support part. But, availability of such “expensive” features at such low costs has certainly caught the focus of the industry and the customers. Maybe introduction of the ‘use-and-throw’ concept in the cell phone industry isn’t too far away. Whatever the long-term results may be, cell phone prices in India are definitely expected to fall, yet again.
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February 24th, 2008 at 4:05 am
the chinese company ZTE has sold more than 10 million mobile handsets in India…
have you even heard of that company? my friend works in it
February 24th, 2008 at 4:09 am
[...] Docuticker wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt This post was guest blogged by Sneezy Melon of The Goofy Express. It’s a long known fact that owning a branded cell phone has been a trend in only a few countries besides India, one often related with social stigmas. However, the recent flood of Chinese mobile phones in the Indian cellular market seems all set to bring drastic changes. Recently, a friend of mine was gifted a ‘Made In China’ mobile phone having all the features that one cold possibly expect, including a touchscreen module co [...]
February 24th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Yeah man, these mobiles are pretty cool, I have one and it even plays TV and I haven’t had any problem even though its fallen on the ground numerous times
February 24th, 2008 at 11:59 am
… having all the features that one cold possibly expect …
Typo! Hah!
February 24th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Well Sneezy would have to be more careful next time
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February 24th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
AAARGH!! I hate typos!
March 16th, 2008 at 2:59 am
[...] earlier posted about how there had been a sudden outburst of Chinese products in the Indian Cellular Market. The fact remains that most of these Chinese makes are copies of other trusted brands and you are [...]
May 6th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Yes i think chinese mobile has flooded the market … my few friends has also bought it … but only main major problem comes is with gprs … if u need to run internet connecting your mobile no setting is send to u from airtel or hutch … rest i think there are no problems in it
May 31st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Came across these new chinese mobile phones in india and available at a decent price in various indian cities like mumbai, delhim, chennai and bangalore
July 8th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Can we have any chinese model mobile without a camera?