The number of new mobile phone is now just like a random number generator. Almost everyday a new mobile is releasing with exactly same face and features, There are very very very little amount of variation among them. The mobile companies must have lost all reason.

Originally Posted by nany22

The consuming rate of smart phones are high or the uses and demands get high , so the many manufacturer come in market and manufacture smart phones. But one thing is sure, the company whose having the good services with affordable rate can win the race.

Originally Posted by phoneguru9

Do you really think its about service.....i mostly think its about named brand these days......i think the manufacturing companies should really think of localizing sales for their products in order to remain afloat

I think if a company makes a good quality product, at a good price, they can really make a difference. I don't know if by "service" you're talking about customer service. If that is the case, I don't really care if there is decent customer service. There is a lot of information online, such as this forum, to get answers to questions. I would just want the company to replace the phone if it is defective and is under warranty. If the company doesn't even want to bother offering a warranty through the manufacturer, they could at least include a SquareTrade warranty. So, if the phone came with a good SquareTrade warranty, but had no manufacturer warranty or customer service (other than a forum like this one), I would be fine with it, as long as the phone was at a good price compared to the competition.

Originally Posted by phoneguru9

Actually my first ever smart phone was huawei ideos U8150.....this is the device that made me love android
http://reviews.pctechmag.com/wp-cont...deos-U8150.jpg
Frankly i think the smaller companies should try and become a hit in their local environment first then go to export
I once tried purchasing a smart phone from Gtide.......Totally not worth it.....i had one of the worst experiences with battery draining....freezing touch screen.....some good amount of hang time to process commands

I read an article on a company "BLU" not too long ago, and it said they're trying to compete with the bigger manufacturers. The specifications look decent, although I haven't used one of their phones myself. For example, some come with a Super AMOLED screen, that we see on a lot of the high end phones, and a 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor. Maybe it isn't as high end as the Samsung Galaxy S4 with a quad core or octa core processor, but it should be good enough especially if the price is a lot lower.

Originally Posted by avenue

I didn't hear about Huawei until a few years back. There was the Huawei Ascend on Cricket Wireless, which was my first smartphone.

I'm currently with a Motorola phone.

There are a lot of brands that I don't know whether they're decent phones or not, especially if there aren't a lot of reviews. If you go with one of the other brands you can probably save a lot of money.

It's similar with the tablets. I purchased a Visual Land tablet, and it was cheaper than the larger companies, but I didn't like it enough. It didn't work good enough to do what I needed it to do. So, I then got the Nexus 7, from Google, which has been much better.

I remember when Vizio came out with the high definition televisions. I didn't think much about it, but now they are a big company and sell a lot of televisions. So, we probably shouldn't underestimate some of these companies because they might be very successful someday.

So, I guess some of the time it is good to purchase the cheaper brands and other times it isn't and is just a hassle.

What smaller companies have you purchased devices from?

Actually my first ever smart phone was huawei ideos U8150.....this is the device that made me love android
http://reviews.pctechmag.com/wp-cont...deos-U8150.jpg
Frankly i think the smaller companies should try and become a hit in their local environment first then go to export
I once tried purchasing a smart phone from Gtide.......Totally not worth it.....i had one of the worst experiences with battery draining....freezing touch screen.....some good amount of hang time to process commands

Originally Posted by nany22

The consuming rate of smart phones are high or the uses and demands get high , so the many manufacturer come in market and manufacture smart phones. But one thing is sure, the company whose having the good services with affordable rate can win the race.

Do you really think its about service.....i mostly think its about named brand these days......i think the manufacturing companies should really think of localizing sales for their products in order to remain afloat

The consuming rate of smart phones are high or the uses and demands get high , so the many manufacturer come in market and manufacture smart phones. But one thing is sure, the company whose having the good services with affordable rate can win the race.

Originally Posted by phoneguru9

True.......but maybe we are spoilt for choice more than we can handle.....i mean in choosing a smart phone.....i don't even know where to start....in fact most times i just end up buying named brands like Samsung and Huawei.....

I didn't hear about Huawei until a few years back. There was the Huawei Ascend on Cricket Wireless, which was my first smartphone.

I'm currently with a Motorola phone.

There are a lot of brands that I don't know whether they're decent phones or not, especially if there aren't a lot of reviews. If you go with one of the other brands you can probably save a lot of money.

It's similar with the tablets. I purchased a Visual Land tablet, and it was cheaper than the larger companies, but I didn't like it enough. It didn't work good enough to do what I needed it to do. So, I then got the Nexus 7, from Google, which has been much better.

I remember when Vizio came out with the high definition televisions. I didn't think much about it, but now they are a big company and sell a lot of televisions. So, we probably shouldn't underestimate some of these companies because they might be very successful someday.

So, I guess some of the time it is good to purchase the cheaper brands and other times it isn't and is just a hassle.

What smaller companies have you purchased devices from?

Originally Posted by avenue

There are probably a lot more companies that we have never heard of before making phones in other countries also. At least we have a good selection when it comes to choosing a phone.

True.......but maybe we are spoilt for choice more than we can handle.....i mean in choosing a smart phone.....i don't even know where to start....in fact most times i just end up buying named brands like Samsung and Huawei.....

There are probably a lot more companies that we have never heard of before making phones in other countries also. At least we have a good selection when it comes to choosing a phone.

There are so many companies manufacturing smartphone......as a consumer i get confused with this industry....just today i learnt that Kyocera have their own smart phones.....i guess i should expect one from Toyota soon....lol