Indian government reportedly seeks to ban sub-$150 Chinese smartphones in the country

09 August 2022
The aim is to help local players boost their sales and regain market share.

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Very clever, India.

First force them to invest in factories, and building local supply chain of materials as well, then force them out and let Indian makers take over their brand new multi-billion factories after they get pushed out by this new ban.

    Anonymous, 10 Aug 2022actually people who are commenting here just don't und... moreIn that case, the company that would benefit the most from this would be Samsung. The key point is that the government is trying to ban sub-$150 phones from Chinese brands only - Samsung is more capable than any Indian smartphone company of filling the gaps in the market.

      Anonymous, 09 Aug 2022Nothing would change in Japan. Since all foreign brands... moreI was trying to explain that it's ridiculous for any government to help out local companies by literally restricting certain activities of their rivals.

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        • 10 Aug 2022

        Anonymous, 10 Aug 2022so since the local brands could not compete with the chines... moreIndia didn't ban all competitors. Only chinese companies (with whom we have few issues). We don't have issue with foreign companies leading our phone market. Nokia and Samsung were leading in our market for a long time. This move will not only give Indian players some breathing space, it will also encourage other non chinese companies to bet on our market.

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          • NotOk
          • D0e
          • 10 Aug 2022

          Everyone here knows what's best for India except us Indians 😀. Banning chinese stuff isn't going to make us a dictatorship. Calm ur t*ts.

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            • 6mM
            • 10 Aug 2022

            Anonymous, 10 Aug 2022Look is personal thing. But it isn't buggy at all. I&#... moreThen what I'll say is that it's not as smooth as something like Origin OS or stock android.

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              • Anonymous
              • I@H
              • 10 Aug 2022

              so since the local brands could not compete with the chinese brands they'll just ban competitors, so the consumers got no choice but to buy locally or pay more to import the phone they want.

                Anonymous, 10 Aug 2022actually people who are commenting here just don't und... moreOr they could invest into making their phones better and cheaper and undercut Chinese phones. And government could help by imposing a huge tariff on phones that cost less than $1000. Still better than "ban anything below $150 because local product, which is worse in every way, can't compete in this price segment".

                  Anonymous, 09 Aug 2022But with price range of USD300-800, most of people prefer S... moreSamsung is ridiculous in 300-800USD segment this year. With no FE this year,it's even worse case.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 10 Aug 2022

                    aknsreddy, 10 Aug 2022Nope we don't like these cheap phones Given your countries average income level, your consumers clearly do othewise these companies wouldn't have taken a huge chunk of the market share.

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 10 Aug 2022

                      AnonD-1060663, 09 Aug 2022We want to give another chance to our local manufacturer 😒From the Bloomberg source article: "In private, the government continues to ask Chinese executives to build local supply chains, distribution networks and export from India, suggesting New Delhi still very much wants their investment, the people said."

                        Darknoor, 10 Aug 2022I thought the Indian market and Indians themselves were hap... moreNope we don't like these cheap phones

                          BAN?? man,, that's harsh.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 10 Aug 2022

                            People who mindlessly comment here. First, need to show were govt announced anything like that? Indian govt needs to bring laws to stop fake news. Otherwise communist Indians along with their paki and chinese friends will riot everywhere and destroy the lifes of other indians.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 10 Aug 2022

                              actually people who are commenting here just don't understand one logic:

                              price of any product is cheaper when they are made in large scale. that is why indian brands can't compete with chinese brands. that's the reason of this ban. when indian brands captor the sub $150 phone market they will be selling phones at huge number and price will automatically come down to the level of chinese phones. indian companies need this chance to grow.

                                I thought the Indian market and Indians themselves were happy with these companies.
                                Many reachable phones and work opportunities.
                                But no, a gov has to shut down a good thing. Much like in KSA.

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                                  • 10 Aug 2022

                                  SO Chinese company just increase their price ,,, Indian people had too pay more

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 10 Aug 2022

                                    you have to suffer, 10 Aug 2022indonesians mostly use oppo and vivo than xiaomi, samsung, ... moreHaha, you got it 100% right about Oppo and Vivo swindling less knowledgeable buyers with 'more RAM is better'. I mean, the Oppo A96 and Vivo Y35 with Snapdragon 680 totally need 8GB RAM right? *Ahem* or just to make their high prices seem justifiable...

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tZ4
                                      • 10 Aug 2022

                                      Anonymous, 10 Aug 2022the lower cost and better quality comes at the cost of data... moreYou are either ignorant or/and delusional if you think Indian brands like Lava and Micromax don't put bloatware in their phones. Even Google Pixel phones, the purest of stock Android, monetise user data with targetted ads.

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                                        • 10 Aug 2022

                                        Now, the Chinese makers will increase the price to INR 12001 of their phones

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