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Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 8:54pm On Feb 03, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Brand new sealed Apple AirPods Pro x5
80k each firm 380k if you buy the whole 5 at once
availabu
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 12:18pm On Feb 03, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Brand new sealed Apple AirPods Pro x5
80k each firm 380k if you buy the whole 5 at once
available......
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 10:17am On Feb 03, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Brand new sealed Apple AirPods Pro x5
80k each firm 380k if you buy the whole 5 at once
available
Phones / Re: Iphone 5s Stuck On Apple Logo And My Photos Isn’t Backed To Icloud by ORIJIN201(m): 9:13am On Feb 03, 2021
kerny:

Yes, I have tried that approach but the phone still didn’t come up.
How do I get the pictures and videos on it before wiping it clean?
you can’t
Phones / Re: Iphone 5s Stuck On Apple Logo And My Photos Isn’t Backed To Icloud by ORIJIN201(m): 10:06pm On Feb 02, 2021
Thought about changing the newly replaced battery with another to see if it boots? If this has been done and it’s the same, what happened is that your data is corrupted and the only way to recover your phone is to wipe it clean!
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 10:34am On Feb 02, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Brand new sealed Apple AirPods Pro x5
80k each firm 380k if you buy the whole 5 at once
available!!!
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 10:14pm On Feb 01, 2021
TLC
Brand new sealed Apple AirPods Pro x5
80k each firm 380k if you buy the whole 5 at once
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 5:14pm On Jan 31, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Few days old iPhone 12 Pro Max 256gb
Bought directly from Apple so it’s factory unlocked with box and whatever comes with a brand new iPhone.

Price is 560k firm!
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Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 3:58pm On Jan 31, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Few days old iPhone 12 Pro Max 256gb
Bought directly from Apple so it’s factory unlocked with box and whatever comes with a brand new iPhone.

Price is 560k firm!
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Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 1:12pm On Jan 31, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Few days old iPhone 12 Pro Max 256gb
Bought directly from Apple so it’s factory unlocked with box and whatever comes with a brand new iPhone.

Price is 560k firm!
!
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 11:08am On Jan 31, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Few days old iPhone 12 Pro Max 256gb
Bought directly from Apple so it’s factory unlocked with box and whatever comes with a brand new iPhone.

Price is 560k firm!
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Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 10:09am On Jan 31, 2021
Samyokporua:
Colour?
blue
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 8:05am On Jan 31, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Few days old iPhone 12 Pro Max 256gb
Bought directly from Apple so it’s factory unlocked with box and whatever comes with a brand new iPhone.

Price is 560k firm!
available!!!
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 5:18am On Jan 31, 2021
TLC
Few days old iPhone 12 Pro Max 256gb
Bought directly from Apple so it’s factory unlocked with box and whatever comes with a brand new iPhone.

Price is 560k firm!
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 7:54pm On Jan 29, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Few days old MacBook Pro 2020 13” core i5, Box, charger and all.
In new condition

550k
available
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 2:21pm On Jan 29, 2021
ORIJIN201:
TLC
Few days old MacBook Pro 2020 13” core i5, Box, charger and all.
In new condition

550k
Available!
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 4:14am On Jan 29, 2021
TLC
Few days old MacBook Pro 2020 13” core i5, Box, charger and all.
In new condition

550k
Phones / Re: 3 Reasons Africans Will Continue To Purchase Terrible Low-budget Smartphones by ORIJIN201(m): 11:10pm On Jan 24, 2021
CandyOps:
Nigeria has SON and other bodies meant to ensure quality control and standards are met.

But then just like NAFDAC and every other thing in Nigeria, you can always have your way when you have good conversation skills and a little crispy Naira notesbin your wallet.

Just smile make some jokes, know when to dip your hands into your pocket and things should be pretty groovy
SON is a weak institution and lacks the necessary equipments and personnel for testing these components and softwares. All you have to do is grease their palms and your products will pass. The system is broken and needs a massive change.
Phones / Re: 3 Reasons Africans Will Continue To Purchase Terrible Low-budget Smartphones by ORIJIN201(m): 8:28pm On Jan 24, 2021
WoundedLamb:
Hhmm... Nice write-up, OP! Here's my input.

I think the products Africans consume are a reflection of thier economy. You just can't enjoy what you can't afford. Those phones you consider low quality are the reason why an average Nigerian can afford to stay connected today. Otherwise, the use of mobile devices would have still been a thing for the rich alone in Africa.

I think the regulatory bodies check for compliance to national policy (energy efficiency regulations, labeling requirements, radiocommunication acts, etc.) and not necessarily quality in terms of performance. A fully compliant device might still have low quality and the regulatory bodies would still let it pass if there's demand for it. Asides from medical equipment, I don't think it's the duty of a regulatory body to sieve out products based on perfomace because technology is usually scaled out. This means the lower the quality, the lower the price. People are therefore given the chance to make their choices. In other words, a good deal of the phones sold in Africa could still pass the regulatory requirements in the US. But would they be successful in the market? The answer is no. This is because the devices are specifically scaled to fit the African market. In other words, the quality/price relationship is adjusted to meet the purchasing power of an average African. If the phones are imported into Canada for example, it would die a natural death cause an average Canadian can afford an iPhone given the minimum wage factor.

So many of these devices you criticize were designed to cater for the low income earners (majority of which are in Africa). And each would naturally disappear the moment the average African's purchasing power goes above its offerings (at the individual level, you naturally go for a better phone when your earning goes up). It would, therefore, be a brute force economic policy to attempt to sieve them out when your people can't afford the high quality ones.

Thanks for sharing.
I stopped reading halfway because you totally missed the point. Techno and the likes has no market in the USA or any western country because components are not up to standard and are not safe for use. I didn’t want to call names so readers won’t see me as bias. Imagine a last year report showed Chinese smartphones shipped phones with malware to Africa. Would that have passed in developed countries? That would been the end of such manufacturers.

I agree with your first paragraph. You can’t give what you don’t have.

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Phones / Re: 3 Reasons Africans Will Continue To Purchase Terrible Low-budget Smartphones by ORIJIN201(m): 2:12pm On Jan 24, 2021
masterfactor:
CHEAP THINGS SELLS IN AFRICA
A bad economy is a breeding ground for such markets.

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Phones / Re: 3 Reasons Africans Will Continue To Purchase Terrible Low-budget Smartphones by ORIJIN201(m): 11:48am On Jan 24, 2021
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Phones / 3 Reasons Africans Will Continue To Purchase Terrible Low-budget Smartphones by ORIJIN201(m): 8:50am On Jan 24, 2021
Before the days of low-quality Chinese feature phones and the emergence of android, only brand new and used (mostly stolen) quality mobile devices shipped down to Africa. Nokia and blackberry dominated Africa markets as they did throughout the world, albeit with expensive price tags. The expensive price tags meant people who couldn’t afford these devices didn’t have these devices at all.

The emergence of android meant both of these manufactures closed shop. In the emergence of android, Nokia went the Microsoft way, while on the other hand, RIM (Research in Motion) arrogantly stayed with its doomed-to-fail blackberry OS. Android is known and meant to run on basically almost anything, and this meant anything cheap too. Being open source (which simply meant anyone could freely use it without paying a dime in royalty or licensing) meant every Tom, Dick, and Harry could put android OS on their devices.

Having read what looks like a bit of a back story in the beginning of this article, in the next few paragraphs, you’ll be knowing three reasons why Africans will keep purchasing terrible low-budget devices!

Lack of regulatory bodies

One of the reasons why low-quality consumer electronics keep flooding the African market is lack of institutions required to regulate products that enters the market. The picture below shows the regulatory body of countries with strong institutions which regulates consumer electronics that enters their territory. When you look closely, you will find signs of regulatory institutions from the US, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Costa Rica, Argentina, Columbia, and Mexico.


The signs of these regulatory bodies are embedded in every device found in these countries. The sample picture in this article is that of an iPhone. To find that of your device manufacturer, look into your device settings. If you can’t find these regulatory certifications, this only means your device didn’t pass the certification tests and not fit for use. Many of these devices are found in Africa!

All-round bad economy

Many things can be linked to a bad economy, and low-quality products flooding a market is one of many. Across Africa, standard of living is low, same as purchasing power of currencies, and without doubt, these are also linked to bad economies. When the standard of living in a country is low, it simply means the habitants are poor and can barely afford necessities. For majority of Africans to be able to afford smartphones, these devices have to be dirt cheap, and this is another reason why sales of low-quality consumer electronics has continued to thrive in Africa.

Lack of education and ignorance

Africa is regularly referred to as the rich continent habiting the poorest (not literally in the context of this article). A lot of people have poor minds. Easily swayed by cheap promotions without knowing the contents of what they are getting. Some certain smartphone manufacturers who ship down cheap smartphones to African countries have continued to use the same cheap components year-in year-out in different casings. The lack of education and a problem of ignorance has ensured this continues and African consumers are unable to ask for better.

Technology is advancing, developed countries have continued to enjoy the benefits, but can we say the same for Africa?

Source: https://gigabyts.com/?p=56

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Technology Market / Re: Mint Dell Latitude 7480 Core I5 7th Gen Going For Cheap by ORIJIN201(m): 8:38am On Jan 22, 2021
cheesy
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 8:38am On Jan 22, 2021
ORIJIN201:
Just arrived 9ja
Dell Latitude 7480
The laptop is mint!!!
14” gorgeous display
Core i5 7th gen
256gb SSD
8GB ram
USB Type C x1
USB 3.0 x 3
Ethernet port x1
Micro SD slot x1
Sim slot x1
Great battery life!!!

Price is 205k
Contact me via signature.

If you have the intention of negotiating, check the price of this laptop elsewhere. Check Amazon or Jiji then come back to see if this is not a giveaway price.
Available
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 8:37am On Jan 22, 2021
Imadojoe98:

What’s the laptop model
dell latitude 7480
Phones / Re: Subscriber Options for UNLIMITED Internet - WORTH IT? by ORIJIN201(m): 6:26pm On Jan 21, 2021
purplekayc:
Am getting slow speeds on swift who else is getting the same
swift is dead for me. Ain’t renewing my subscription.
Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 1:09pm On Jan 21, 2021
Just arrived 9ja
Dell Latitude 7480
The laptop is mint!!!
14” gorgeous display
Core i5 7th gen
256gb SSD
8GB ram
USB Type C x1
USB 3.0 x 3
Ethernet port x1
Micro SD slot x1
Sim slot x1
Great battery life!!!

Price is 205k
Contact me via signature.

If you have the intention of negotiating, check the price of this laptop elsewhere. Check Amazon or Jiji then come back to see if this is not a giveaway price.

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Technology Market / Re: All Offerup, Letgo, Craigslist, 5miles, Ebay, Amazon Deals.*READ FIRST PAGE* by ORIJIN201(m): 1:07pm On Jan 21, 2021
ORIJIN201:
AIN

[s]Dell latitude e5470
Gorgeous 14” display
Core i5 vpro 6th gen
256gb sata SSD
8gb ram
Backlight keyboard

135k firm!

Also
Mint like new iPhone se 2020 64GB
Already in 9ja chip (including the chip) for sale 105k. Phone only! Firm pls[/s]
Technology Market / Mint Dell Latitude 7480 Core I5 7th Gen Going For Cheap by ORIJIN201(m): 1:04pm On Jan 21, 2021
The laptop is mint!!!
14” gorgeous display
Core i5 7th gen
256gb SSD
8GB ram
USB Type C x1
USB 3.0 x 3
Ethernet port x1
Micro SD slot x1
Sim slot x1
Great battery life!!!

Price is 205k
Contact me via signature.

If you have the intention of negotiating, check the price of this laptop elsewhere. Check Amazon or Jiji then come back to see if this is not a giveaway price.

Phones / Re: Apple Was Snapdragon’s Only Rival In The Mobile Cpu Race, Not Exynos by ORIJIN201(m): 11:37am On Jan 20, 2021
DOMINO001:
This is quite informative. History is such a "sweet" course. I wish you continue, just like atheistandproud , in enlightening the public.
True! And sure I’ll continue. Kindly follow back. I followed already. wink
Phones / Re: Apple Was Snapdragon’s Only Rival In The Mobile Cpu Race, Not Exynos by ORIJIN201(m): 11:37am On Jan 20, 2021
atheistandproud:


Nicely done.
Thanks G!

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