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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Perfect example of a soon-to-be authoritarian government. They don't care about helping to increase freedom of citizens and better budget efficiency, they want more money for the government.

    LOL. The Google Pixel was never sold officially in that country anyway. What a pointless decision.

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      CargoJoe, 8 hours agoLet's give them 3 months and see where this goes. It will be fun to see Trump reaction about this

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        CargoJoe, 8 hours agoLet's give them 3 months and see where this goes. No need to wait mate. Nothing will change.
        The truth is Pixel never been officially sold here since the regulation passed.

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          Anonymous, 8 hours agoXperia is not sold there. Only Bravia, Alpha and audio gear Because they can't banned non celular device
          Celular device have IMEI which can be banned to be s\use

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            Hemedans, 8 hours agoHow is it stupid? So it's fine for those companies to ... more"How is it stupid? So it's fine for those companies to sell in Indonesia and get profit while Indonesian themselves don't benefit on anything?"

            Yes it is..
            It is part of WTO - Free Trade Agreement
            You sell you're to me, I sell mine to you

              zillion, 8 hours agoThe main android smartphone brands in Indonesia only samsun... moreNot gonna be surprised if Indonesians will resort to buy iPhones via Online Merchants.

                dcdev, 8 hours ago+1 country with stupid law that decides what citizens can&#... moreHow is it stupid? So it's fine for those companies to sell in Indonesia and get profit while Indonesian themselves don't benefit on anything?

                All counties with more population than Indonesia like USA, China and India use same thing so that local technology will be used more than outside technology.

                  Let's give them 3 months and see where this goes.

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                    WickedS, 10 hours agoAll the phone companies should ban indonesia. Let them make... moreAll countries must ban Google and Apple products instead. Well done Indonesia

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                      Anonymous, 10 hours agoNo, lol. I find it refreshing that they're banning Am... moreMe too.

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                        WickedS, 10 hours agoAll the phone companies should ban indonesia. Let them make... moreYou are a salty boy. 😁

                          zillion, 8 hours agoThe main android smartphone brands in Indonesia only samsun... moreSony doesn't sell their phones there, even OnePlus since TKDN banned them for cellular reasons

                            Anonymous, 9 hours agoAlso bans Sony, LD, Meizu, HTC, OnePlus, nothing,..... O... moreThe main android smartphone brands in Indonesia only samsung, asus, huawei, vivo, oppo, realme and xiaomi with it's each sub brand like iqoo, honor, nubia and red magic. IPhone just have authorized reseller like ibox and digimap with their fake warranty.
                            The others brands like sony, pixel, one plus are not sold here.
                            I hope sony and one plus will banned too just like iphone and pixel.

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                              Anonymous, 9 hours agoAlso bans Sony, LD, Meizu, HTC, OnePlus, nothing,..... O... moreXperia is not sold there. Only Bravia, Alpha and audio gear

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                                Google is an advertisement and broadcasting (YouTube) company that, occasionally, sells phones and other gadgets. Bet not even 5% of Indonesian phones are Pixels. Next!

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                                  Tigolebitties, 9 hours agoThey might as well ban all imported phones since they won&#... moreLet see what kind of dicta-tor-ship indonesia can show to the world

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                                    +1 country with stupid law that decides what citizens can't buy and use

                                      Good. Beta phones should be banned globally, as sale phones! The actual beta testers aren't paying the price we needs to pay for beta testing the units!

                                        Tigolebitties, 9 hours agoThey might as well ban all imported phones since they won&#... moreAnything that does not meet the 40% requirements

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