After iPhones, Indonesia also bans sales of Google Pixel phones
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- Na0
- 03 Nov 2024
Good initiative! Wow
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- 03 Nov 2024
Decentralize everything cause it will improve competition and product quality.
Or else just do what you all are doing.
Support A team or B team and enjoy the match.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Nov 2024
potato4k, 02 Nov 2024I think the next move is that smartphones have to be certif... moreyeah it's such a silly requirement. smells like government schemes.
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- xhp
- 02 Nov 2024
Captain Awesome, 02 Nov 2024Their population is big, but Indonesia's average incom... moreIronically, some people here, are really willing to take out debt and credit to get the new iPhone, so yeah, prestige above necessities.
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- Ib5
- 02 Nov 2024
Good chance for Samsung to grow.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Nov 2024
As long as you have samsung that is one of the big companies they'll be fine. Apple and Google products almost only has feature that benefits on the Western side.
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- 02 Nov 2024
I think the next move is that smartphones have to be certified halal over there. LOL.
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- 02 Nov 2024
Solun1, 01 Nov 2024Perfect example of a soon-to-be authoritarian government. T... moreAuthoritarian? You just realized this now? Your communication and information minister has been censoring your internet since like what, the early 2000s?
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- 02 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 02 Nov 2024Apple sell their phones in Indonesia. So, they may want to... moreLol the small fry is talking
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- 02 Nov 2024
Their population is big, but Indonesia's average income per person is just $4180 according to The Economist. (Wikipedia has less useful estimates from the future in 2025)
Is the average person there really going to spend between 3 and 6 months of their income on a phone?
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- 02 Nov 2024
Solun1, 01 Nov 2024Perfect example of a soon-to-be authoritarian government. T... moreNah. Consumer's actually won't be much affected, only inconvenienced having to buy the phone from Singapore or Malaysia. Meanwhile the distributors are losing potential profits being unable to sell the phone.
The conglomerates owning the distributors will probably try to lobby the lawmakers, just like how they got the IMEI law passed. A compromise will be made.
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- 02 Nov 2024
403 Forbidden, 02 Nov 2024Samsung A35 is $399 in the US. While A35 is IDR4,999,000 =... more$315 still seems like armed robbery to me. Maybe Scamsung should face a ban in North America for selling their horrible, super-slow garbage at higher prices with misleading advertising. For $350 you can still buy a brand new, factory-sealed vanilla Pixel 7, which is an infinitely better purchase than any low-end Scamsung.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Nov 2024
Lavi, 01 Nov 2024You don't need these phones. Sticks are OK for you Yeah, there's a sale for iStick with 6 GB of branches and 128 GB of leafs right now!
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- 02 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 02 Nov 2024Pixels and apple are to costly for average Indonesian Not only for Indonesians , other countries too
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- 02 Nov 2024
Marcusj3000, 01 Nov 2024Pixels are not even officially sold in Indonesia. I don�... moreIndonesia banning iphones and pixels has nothing to do with being silk road participant being 'trapped'. It is fully because these companies do not follow rules in the country, thus being punished as such. Those who comply would not face such ban. Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo etc have no problem with local laws, only American companies have such problem because they are arrogant. One of Tte benefits of following local rules here is the locals here can buy phones at cheaper price. Samsung phones here are cheaper than in US or any neighbouring countries.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Nov 2024
Apple sell their phones in Indonesia.
So, they may want to give attention to it. And as far as I know, they only lack about 10% of their obligation. So not a big deal.
Google however, they don't even sell phones in Indonesia. Ban us? Yeah .. please do. Like we give a sh*t.
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- 02 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 01 Nov 2024Sure, I'll build it myself and share it to everyone us... moreLet customers decide what they want to buy.
Companies never suffer but because of stupid governments customers have to suffer.
Already bought iphones are made obsolete. Is the government going to pay every customer for their phones and trouble?
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- xhp
- 02 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 01 Nov 2024This is not true
Tell me why local material cheaper?
What... moreSamsung A35 is $399 in the US.
While A35 is IDR4,999,000 = ~$315 in Indonesia.
It IS definitely cheaper.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Nov 2024
Lavi, 01 Nov 2024LOOOL
this country will only sell sticks made in Indonesia... moreThe pixel is incredibly overpriced and no one except the rich show offs care about iphones.
There's a ton of other, better priced, good phones avaliable in Indonesia. Almost no one cares about these bans.
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 02 Nov 2024Import one then You can't. The IMEI has to be whitelisted with the government, which means paying tax, which means revealing what the phone is. They won't whitelist the pixel or iPhone 16