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Chinese-made phones beat global giants Samsung and Apple in African market (www.scmp.com)

submitted 1 year ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course they do, they don't charge you 400$/€ just for slapping their brands on the device

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is insane to me that phones >$400 are so normalized. I remember a friend saying they got their iphone very cheap at like $500 and i am like 😐, my xiaomi phone was $120ish and does more stuff than the $500 iphone.

[–] lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

CW : Imperial core lifestyle (very shocking)

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The last Iphone can go up to 1479€ in France, where the minimum one month full time salary is something like 1300€ after taxes