After iPhones, Indonesia also bans sales of Google Pixel phones

01 November 2024
The reason is the same – phones need to have 40% local content.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 06 Dec 2024

This insanely will only make people more consumptive, and more being fanatics to available vendors, most of them also power users not just hedonist iPhone holders, and their usage habits just lead to annually buy new one if not by 2 years, most people work outdoors and kids with half day rough uses breaks their phones with their routine. With only available brands with poor after sales, no wonder if in near years country's e-waste rate rocketed, but what makes it badder there are 0 wastes recycled, it's very poor place to deal with recyclables, if one breaks they just buy again, the previous stuff remain abandoned or simply ends in the dump.

    NeonHD, 06 Dec 2024You're not making any sense. I wrote what I wrote. I h... moreNo need to explain, you were wrong and that's all about it. Have a nice day!

      SigmaR, 05 Dec 2024Again, and I quote you: "you already have the best ... moreYou're not making any sense. I wrote what I wrote. I have even further clarified what I meant. To further explain to you each and every word in my comment would be incredibly silly.

        NeonHD, 04 Dec 2024I have already expressed myself clearly, there is obviously... moreAgain, and I quote you:

        "you already have the best phone market! You have Huawei, Vivo, Oppo, etc, so yeah who cares about Pixel."

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          SigmaR, 04 Dec 2024don't even try it, read again what you wrote and you w... moreI have already expressed myself clearly, there is obviously a difference you didn't get.

          When I said "best phone market", I was commenting on the diversity of smartphone brands, because what makes a phone market good or healthy depends on the amount of competition. I mean, there are other factors such as price inflation, but it's mainly the diversity.

            NeonHD, 03 Dec 2024I said "best phone market", not "best phones... moredon't even try it, read again what you wrote and you will see that is exactly the same in this case. Learn to express yourself better instead

              SigmaR, 03 Dec 2024those are not the best at all...I said "best phone market", not "best phones". Learn the difference.

                NeonHD, 04 Nov 2024Lol, you're forgetting the most important part, which ... morethose are not the best at all...

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                  you have to suffer, 02 Nov 2024as far as i know, there are indonesian phone brands such a... moreWhat smaller local phone brands aren't?
                  Even companies like Gigaset relied on Coosea Group's designs, and then there's Lava who's marketing revolves around being #ProudlyIndian despite their phones being white label designs by Chinese ODMs

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                    • 07 Nov 2024

                    as Indonesian, i support the government, TKDN/Local components will make the price cheaper and phone coming with official guarantee. Meanwhile, i heard apple ask Indonesia to give them 50 years tax holiday, same like they receive in Vietnam. Sounds crazy..

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 06 Nov 2024

                      some sort of funny, they don't know what's the rule they made of. if you want to do a protectionism, make sure you are really strong in the particular sectors and better supply chain. tech-related is not suited for kind of protectionism because technology is evolve really fast. no wonder why most investors go to Vietnam mostly

                      the funny thing is, they ban a legit devices that actually benefits both consumers and countries for sake of "mUh LoCaL cOmPonEts" which is the sector that they barely strong of, but they bats no eye to the actual counterfeit devices, which tricks and do more harms to consumers especially those poors, known as "WELCOME" phones. proof? check the Indonesian's Shopee/Lazada. those fake phones are featured on search/front page disguised as legit product. it seems that the goverments only care about themselves and don't care about consumers at all.

                      poor Indonesians only have Samsung, Xiaomi, BBK and Transsions and counterfeit products to choose, which Xiaomi & BBK are too half-hearted to sell their flagship there (Xiaomi 14 Ultra isn't sold there, they have no Oneplus, Realme only sell their lowends)

                        Good on Indonesia

                          potato4k, 02 Nov 2024Authoritarian? You just realized this now? Your communicati... moreI have no idea what you're talking about. What minister? :D

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                            • joko
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                            • 05 Nov 2024

                            I totally agree, as long as they do not comply with Indonesian regulations, they are not allowed to sell in Indonesia. The country should not lose to companies.

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                              • 04 Nov 2024

                              FYI

                              Google Pixel has already out from Indonesia Market due to market reason, few years ago phone like Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Realme flooded Indonesia market with cheaper phones and Indo Gov's Regulation that every product they sell must have at least 30% Local Content (now 40%) which makes google rethink their strategy

                              Apple in other hand already fullfill their 30% a few years ago by Investing to some local University and also promised to the Gov that they will add more funds, but until this years Apple never realized that promise and also their "selling permit" also expired this year that makes the 16 series enter delayed until futher notice.

                              Yes, ppl still can buy 16 series or pixels at malaysia or singapore but they have to activate the phone's IMEI in order to use local cellular service which is not cheap.

                                Anonymous, 02 Nov 2024Apple sell their phones in Indonesia. So, they may want to... moreLol, you're forgetting the most important part, which is the fact that you already have the best phone market! You have Huawei, Vivo, Oppo, etc, so yeah who cares about Pixel.

                                  Many people will have differing opinions, but I say: good on Indonesia!

                                  It's great that they're exercising their powers to demand more out of these giant companies.

                                    Anonymous, 01 Nov 2024Finally someone who suggests online shipping or blackmarket... moreThe Article explicitly said the sales ban on iPhone. But doesn't say you can't use the new unit. Especially when they can just cross to Malaysia to buy iPhones and come back.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 03 Nov 2024

                                      Every gov have the right to do whatever it take to take advantages for it self interest. If American can spy anyone with its softwares and hardware then other country also has the ability to ban them

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                                        • 03 Nov 2024

                                        403 Forbidden, 02 Nov 2024Ironically, some people here, are really willing to take ou... moreLike India, the corporates and government people are super rich even though they are like 0.5% of the population. 0.5% of Indonesia 300 million population can still translate to millions sales when each of them probably use multiple devices. In the end the ban needed if google and iPhone didn’t even want to invest in those countries like how do you expect to fix you pixel without any pixel service center there

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