Opinion: Chinese phone brands perception

[SVK]

This is the biggest problem facing Chinese phone brands

Chinese brands make some of the best Android phones, but they're still perceived to be budget-centric.

www.androidcentral.com

I think article is mostly with American POV. But in Indian market as well do people go for Chinese phone brands for Premium phones?
Redmi sold phones in huge numbers for their Note series because of low price. Same with Oppo/Vivo low cost phones below 10 or 20K. But would people buy Chinese phones costing above 50K or 75K?

I personally would not go for Chinese brand because I am using Samsung phones for past 4-5 years (A8+, S20+ and S23+), and I would not think of any other brand (except Apple may be) for another 4-5 years. Besides I had good experience with Samsung support recently.

What you all think?

 

[manu1991]

If they offer better features, experience and software support at the same price, then I would.
The main issue is on the third point, Samsung, Google and Apple now provide 5 years or more of software and/or security updates which Chinese companies are not matching.

 

[Deleted member 83050]

I don't see a point giving 5+ years of updates for android phones. No one would use a pixel or samsung smartphone for 7-8 years and I don't think the hardware would last that long. I feel providing stable software updates for 2-3 years without bugs is far more beneficial than giving buggy updates for half a decade and crippling the device.
I personally won't buy a chinese OEM smartphone for more than 30-35k even if the software experience is good initially as they always disappoint later on. Look at the history of OnePlus, from value flagship phones with clean OS to just rebranded Oppo phones with crappy color OS. They just couldn't sustain their USP. My dad has been using Oneplus 7T for 4 years now and it is gem of a phone, still running on stock battery(didn't update it after Android 11). From OnePlus 8 onwards, they started launching overpriced smartphones with mediocre camera performance and crippled them with buggy software updates.
I would buy an iPhone any day for the price tag of 50-75k as my experience with iPhone 12 has been pretty good. Stable software, good and consistent camera and decent battery life(85% health). I bought it in 2021 and will use it for 1-1.5 years more before upgrading.
Personally I won't buy an android smartphone above the price tag of 30-35k because of inconsistent camera performance and buggy software updates.