₦airaland Forum

credon:
Hmmm chai, "xiaomi is not making enough profit"

No mind that guy. E be like him don smoke that him thing

edoairways:
Xiaomi is not popular in Nigeria. They are only popular on Nairaland

Ok

donsheddy1:
I didn't tell you it was my business. More over I picked "Heavy user" cos it was the only words that made sense there. Where you expecting me to ask you "What do you mean by double camera?" And or "What do you mean by follow come?" Anyways enjoy your phone, but when people who use phones are talking just mellow and read comments.

Exactly what I tell people who talk about transsion devices

IamDavid:
It's this aggressive marketing xiaomi fan boys do that made my buy Infinix note 8i by January. Absolutely no regrets, serves me so well! Pixel by December by God's grace.

No aggressive marketing tbh. If you're tech savvy, you no go ever reason transsion phones. Infinix note 8i money go do to buy brand new Redmi Note 10. The difference between these two phones are like day and night

edoairways:
Unfortunately not all phone users are game freak. It wasn't Xiaomi that made them sit up rather the like of Oppo, and Vivo did.

Lol. Xiaomi even popular for naija pass Oppo and Vivo, plus Oppo and Vivo no send processing speed. Only Oppo can bring out Helio p95 device for 150k ... Even Tecno and infinix no heartless like them.

IduNaOba:
Chief get a phone with same resolution and take same pics with front flash.
Sceen flash is like soft box
How I go take explain now

How about night vidoe calls?

Shebi you see how details dey that pic, if na with flash, details will be poor. Overexposure is not a good thing in photography o and that's what front flash does. It's not needed. If it was, other OEM for dey include am. It will not even have an effect on price

edoairways:
That is not an excuse. Your so called standard phones are difficult to sell in Africa

Redmi don dey give transsion run for their money, especially for naija. Transsion had to start using gamecentric chipsets sef, cause competition don dey too choke

IduNaOba:
I have seen it a billion times.
S21 beats it when it's a camera war.

Lol. Even MrWhoseTheBoss, wey no too send Xiaomi agrees that overall, Mi 11 ultra na the better camera

edoairways:
Tecno's focus is Africa and some part of Asia hence they are doing well

Because they produce substandard phones

chiefobdk:
Oga stop bragging ontop ur wack phone..

Infinix hot 8. Is a 2gb RAM phone...
It is really really slow...


Imagine saying we don't expect u to use slow phone though!!!.

People wey dey use 8gb or 6gb RAM phone go come talk say thr phone na ZOOM abi FLASH

I sell phones, I have sold more than 500 pcs of hot 8...its a low budget phone when it first launched it was 34k..

How 34k phone wan take fast bikonu. When be say na infinix..

Infinix 2gb RAM is actually 1.7gb

Matter tire me fa. 2gb ram phone fast? Nothing I no go see for nairaland

IduNaOba:
Chief mi 11 Ultra has better screen only.
Sammy destroys it when camera is mentioned.
S21 ultra destroys it in a primary camera fight.

The only thing mi 11 Ultra has going for it is the screen and wide angle lens which is why I will get the device by year end when price don fall.
But in terms of color accuracy, sammy beats mi 11 Ultra pics

Watch MrWhoseTheBoss camera comparison of the mi 11 ultra and the s21 ultra and understand that Xiaomi no come play. And no, he is no fan of Xiaomi

edoairways:
I only pointed tax, there are other factors responsible for the high price. For example, Xiaomi rarely advertise their products on TV and radio rather they make use of bloggers and vloggers. They forget that the number of persons using the internet is minute when compared to those listening to radio. Thirdly, Xiaomi does not have a good chain of distributions, they cut corners to save cost. However Tecno has good distribution network hence they spend more on advertisement campaign.

Check sales. Your precious Tecno no smell top 5

Abid2020:
in this case infinix is better than both isung

Something dey wrong with you bros

thesolutions:
Was i handling my other other phone differently.

Do well to post shots taken with the Redmi 9 and your Gionee M5 let's see something

thesolutions:
Xiaomi can never produce a top notch quality pictures. You are only deceived by your screen resolution. The pictures I took with my old Gionee M5 still beat the ones I took with the Redmi 9.

By top quality, you mean over-exposed pictures? Yeah, right! "Xiaomi can NEVER produce a top notch quality pictures"

thepoweruser:
Y'all have to understand that every phone has it's strengths and weaknesses.
Transsion's main selling point in Africa is their after-sales service and the fact that they understand the African market.
Now, let me explain. Many of us here on Nairaland are old enough to remember when Tecno first started manufacturing Android cellphones (I think it's in 2012, when we had the Tecno N3. Who remembers that phone? ) I still recall Infinix's first phone, though, the Alpha (?)
What I'm trying to say is that it's all about brand recognition. Trust me, I know how good Xiaomi's phones are (damn, I can't wait to see the Mi Mix 4 or whatever they go'n be callin' it! ) but they have one big issue in Nigeria.
Some of you here are vehemently against Transsion (howdy, skywalker ; hi, sunshine ; hey, where's drjprince?! ) and I perfectly understand. I've been on Nairaland as a guest since 2017, and I've been reading all your posts. I know firsthand how unimpressive Transsion's phones are, both spec-wise and through using them. For instance, I once used an itel A56. DAMN, THAT PHONE MADE ME HATE BLOATWARE! ALMOST 40 APPS PREINSTALLED ON A PHONE WITH .16GB of storage! And performance, even with Android Go, was bad for me , because stupid itel went to slap a heavy skin on top of an already light OS. I've also used Infinixes (Hot 4, Hot 5, Hot 7 Pro), Tecnos (Camon C8, Spark 4) and a Gionee (S10 Lite). Thanks to my budget, I couldn't get anything better. That S10 performed the best, but I had to sell it. (Damn brokeness). Currently into KaiOS, cuz I can't stand lag. Two seconds' keyboard delay can drive me insane . Haven't used a Xiaomi; the only one I've actually seen in the flesh was a Redmi 7A and I had to pinch myself to be sure I wasn't dreaming).
You see? Not many people I know even know what Xiaomi is (hell, they can't even pronounce it! ). I've known Xiaomi ever since 2013, when surfing the web I stumbled upon the Redmi 2. If you go to a lot of stores in Nigeria, you hardly see anyone with them. In Ikorodu, where I live, I wanted to get the Redmi Note 5s, but no store there had it. I had to buy the Camon 8 as a stopgap but the staff at Demmy Global; damn, they wanted me to buy it and I urgently needed a phone. The phone's battery ended up swelling after eleven months. I guess it was my fault ( hey, I said I'm a power user, nein? I was playing PPSSPP and charging the damn thing all the time ). And on Jumia, they ain't goin' below #50K. You say Aliexpress but I don't wanna wait three weeks to get a phone that Jumia would deliver in four days. It's kind of like in the US; you wanna buy an LG or Xperia flagship, you gotta look for it. And how about servicing it? Repairpal? If I bought a Poco X3 (incredible value phone) and it so happens to fall (I'm a careful guy with phones that don't piss me off, but accidents do happen, yeah?) how am I gonna fix it? Order the screen from Aliexpress? I guess I could, but the average Sule doesn't want to go through all that stress just to fix a phone. That's why people left Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Phone. Wahala boku for dis kontri, why add to it?
TL:DR: I hope you understand.

Redmi phones are now readily available

oluwasegun007:
You still dont get it do you...

This man never denied the audio..

Garba shehu even pleaded for him to be forgiven..

This is a man whose background check ought to have be checked and cleared by the DSS...

And the Senate feels they should get official communication before they act....he's the minister for heaven sake.

Please move one side..

You're arguing with one blind bat BMC. It never ends well

Superboss:
Would u say this if Pantami were non-APC member?
You see!! hypocrisy and lies will finish this country.
Keep on pretending.

Don't mind those ones. Na still gossip debate dem use pursue GEJ. E go reach everybody las las

oloriooko:
Shocking to hear this from a sane person
Quick question: did you remember Buhari saying nothing like subsidy? Now he's shouting subsidy is no longer sustainable? How do you support such inconsistency in a govt that conned nigerians to come to power
Also, despite Jona's shortcomings, fuel supply hick-ups marred this regime as well despite the astronomical increase in price
Guy, what is wrong is wrong, bubu failed right from the beginning even Tinubu cannot talk this regime out of the mess they put this nation!
Jona wanted to remove subsidy so fuel availability could be guaranteed but bubu and his gang conned Nigerians into believing Jona was taking a step to destroy the nation but 5 years later bubu successfully did what Jona could not do!
Guy, stop all this your trash talk i beg

You are arguing with blind bats. People who will see Ganduje stuff in money in his agbada but still hail him to victory while calling a legit business man a thief. Leave these idiots alone

Kingsean:
so u want Umidigi to keep releasing phones like pure water abi? you think that's the way to go? God forbid! go and enjoy your transsion devices. by the way, which plastic guys get Sense? the last time I checked, I didn't see any improvement. none of transsion devices can match the Bison GT

I don swear for transsion tey tey. And I stick to my swear for them. But las las, dem don dey try. And e safe pass to buy their products over you know

Lexusgs430:
You dey speak with Umidigi before........

No o

Emily22:
Seriously, leave opera news......even on this thread, u will see new updates like BISON GT, incoming budget phone ( A11)

Don't expect umidigi to be releasing new phone every month like hmmm...we know Dem...same spec plastic phone...

Those plastic guys sef don dey get sense o. Dem dey leave Umidigi for back presently o. No dey take style sub them

JonDon12:
Is this not the same thing GEJ tried to do and APC , Oshiomole and others protested.
They should also scrap the national assembly, presidency, npf, army as well. They are all useless

These idiots use propaganda scatter GEJ govt. E no go better for them

helinues:
Continue deceiving yourself...

After wasting millions of dollars to campaign against the removal of fuel subsidy, Apc is now 5 years + in power still want to be telling us bull and co.ck story.

Oshisco

Early morning wailing activated. Remember to link your NIN

Emily22:
Stop reading opera news

Opera news kwanu? Lol. We don almost dey mid 2021 but na only bison we don hear from Umidigi. Dem don dey comot mind bros. Competition too fierce for them

meditator:
No, we were presented with two evils in 2015 and 2019 and we chose the lesser one. I would not forgive myself if I had given the two known criminals PDP presented in 2015 and in 19 elections. I will never forgive myself if I vote in the party that brought insecurity on us.

The ruling party brought insecurity to you. No dey whine yourself

Angelfrost:
Remove Davido's name or inference from Chioma Rowland, Sophie Momodu, and they are just... erm... Chioma and Sophie: Ordinary, average ladies who most Nigerians couldn't give a rat's ass about.

Just imagine if the post had started with just "Chioma", most people won't even bother clicking... Hell, it won't even be on front page.

Davido is the sole grasp or link these ones have to pseudo celeb status!

You are correct

richmond500:
like one lady called Toronto Dic.k abi Tontoro Dike, I forgot the name sha

You for wait make the pikin grow small first. She still dey come up

E come be like Umidigi don give up for phone matter o. We no dey hear their voice again

Nairaland should make it possible to block people here. There are so many persons I wouldn't want to see their takes here on nairaland. Bunch of retards

helinues:
Hahahahaha... If opposition are not complaining, do you expect the government to blame themselves?

Stop arguing for arguing sake

Ok

franugo:
Let's see how garba shehu, the presidency, will respond to this then since he has cultivated the habit of responding to every criticism NY launching a useless verbal tirade

No na. It's not garbage shehu that will respond na. Eedris was tackled by keyamo, father Mbaka by garbage shehu so most likely, na Femi Adeshina go tackle ASUU chairman then maybe Lie Mohamed go tackle Atiku. Bunch of idiots that parade themselves as presidency