Silvin Sinan, the Head of Nokia Care Centre, Nokia West Africa, has advised mobile phone users in Nigeria to desist from purchasing substandard ones.

Sinan said in Lagos on Monday that substandard products had no value for the money spent on them.

He also said that counterfeited product was hazardous to the users' health due to excessive radiation from the fake device, adding that such product also do not have long life span.

Sinan said that consumers were often constrained by ignorance, poverty and the inability to detect substandard devices to buy fake mobile phones.

According to him, this may be harmful to them.

``Incidentally, mobile phones and their accessories are not different as many consumers opted for substandard devices because of the cheap price tag on the fake ones that look like the original.

``In spite of the efforts made by the government agencies to combat substandard devices, they appear to have taken a foothold to the detriment of consumers, manufacturers and government alike.''

Sinan lamented that counterfeiting had become pervasive as it affected every consumer product, ranging from household items, telecommunication devices and household items.

He urged producers of genuine phones to partner with the government agencies to educate consumers in order to stem the influx of substandard devices into the market.

He said that Nokia had a strategy of recruiting, training and equipping Nigerians to offer world-class services.

ebamma: he should tell this to the chinese who makes them chinko phones

ONLINEbizDON4U:

Na poverty dey cause am...


Na Cheap cheap things naijas go dey look for.

thelordisgood: they shouldn't insult us in our country atall... people that bought china phone have their reasons, probably less expensive and other reasons well known to them...if you are scared of competitors cut your price down atleast you can get china-nokia phone with camera(5.0)pixel, mp3/mp4/mp5,tv,radio,car tracker,google search,facebook,twitter,bluetooth, infrared, video,dstv for just 5k...and nokia with just ordinary mp3/video and camera for 20k..., in your own reasoning, whihc one do you think people wud go for 5k with much values/20k with less value? #iamnotchinaphonefan# though.....

emmke: well, cheap is expensive. Ask wenger.

Billyonaire: Seriously can you get those features on Chinko phone ?

talk true: 3 sims + wifi + TV + skype on Android

You cant resist the features
Nokia should improve

ebamma: he should tell this to the chinese who makes them chinko phones

klairekk:



boy which fon b dat....a customer is waitin