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RIP Abu as fondly called by his wives and children, May God grant him and his son Muhammad eternal rest.... Was shocked when I got the news this evening... Wheew! A very humble man, a silent achiever and an ever smiling face...

Dahveydson:
Modified already. That was quite fast.

That was the idea, to catch you before you modified

Dahveydson:
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Is your name John Bull?

That's Good.... God Bless the NA

NCP:
Xiaomi Inc. is a privately owned Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing, China, that is the world's 4th largest smartphone maker.

Xiaomi designs, develops, and sells
a. Smartphones,
b. Mobile apps, and related consumer electronics.
c. The company sold over 60 million smartphones in 2014.

The company's founder and CEO is Lei Jun, China's 23rd richest person according to Forbes.

Xiaomi has over 8,000 employees in
a. China,
b. Malaysia,
c. Singapore,
d. And is expanding to other countries such as India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Brazil.

According to IDC, Xiaomi is now the third largest smartphone maker in the world. Xiaomi also became the largest smartphone vendor in China in 2014, having overtaken Samsung, according to IDC.

Xiaomi GSM Arena page
gsmarena.com/xiaomi-phones-80.php

Now tell me about little tecno.

Xiaomi is obviously bigger than Tecno, no doubt about that.

Nsonaso:
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1. TECNO Pay tax to Nigerian Government for operating in Nigeria.... While Xiaomi doesn't pay Tax to Chinese government and every other Countries they operate.

2. TECNO has a very large number of staffs even more than Xiaomi right? Also TECNO pays thier numerous staffs while Xiaomi slaps and knock their staffs on the head at the end of every month that makes Hugo Barra to leave Google for Xiaomi... Thats very fine

3. TECNO advertise their products .... While Xiaomi doesn't advertise and that's why they were able to make it to the top... I love that!

..........So TECNO want to settle all this paying staff, advertisement cost, Tax, with just single one product..... Haba it's not fair. Let's call a spade a spade

4. Talking about importation cost Compare the price of each Xiaomi products sold in China with the the price it is officially sold in other countries that Xiaomi operates

Compare TECNO Phantom 5 with UMI IRON sold for 43K here in Nigeria including Tax, importation cost, (Note: it's a third-party that imported it not the real manufacturer)

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY THING TO JUSTIFY 70k for TECNO Phantom 5
................Also
Comparing TECNO with HTC, Samsung, Sony and the likes is blasphemy....

1. Samsung, HTC, Sony etc pays developer's to develop for thier products, give out their devices to developer for free or sell to developers at a very cheaper rate and that's why we have turns of developers developing for them... E.g HTC Desire HD as old as it is runs Android 5.1.1.....

But TECNO on the other hand is just to give change to some hungry Nigerian bloggers to promote their crappy expensive piece of junk. Instead of supporting developers, and that's why we lack mobile developers here in Nigeria because non of our proposed manufacturers is encouraging them by offering them good incentive

2. Samsung, HTC, Sony etc offers their customers support such as updates E.g I bought my HTC One M7 Dual SIM with Android 4.1.2, letter updated to 4.2
.2, 4.3, 4.4.2, 4.4.3 and now 5.0.2 and I also receive update patches for bug fixing.... What about TECNO?

3. If your Samsung, HTC, Sony etc got problem, you can easily download the flash file from the Internet and flash it without trouble what about TECNO? You go to hovatech and create a thread and submit your email address to third-party before you can get access to download just a flash file (where is privacy in that? Letter some useless people will start sending you useless message)

4. TECNO has Carlcare in Nigeria oh yes! But is the Carlcare also available in the ruler areas like Benue State, Kogi State, Ebonyi State etc Or people those ruler areas doesn't use TECNO?
.... Other OEMs may not have their customers service center here in Nigeria but when their device broke down, you can easily find their parts and got it repaired by our local Engineers... I remembered when I looked for a TECNO Phantom Pad N9 battery in Abuja even in their proposed Carlcare in Abuja did I get it? No

Bro there are so many things you paid for when purchasing Samsung, HTC, Sony etc[/b]

Bros, nawa o, see the epistle that you wrote.. Chai! Now calm down, like I've said on this thread countless times on this thread, this phone doesn't have the best price amongst it's contemporaries, and if I want to spend 70k on a phone, I most likely won't buy this phone, but what I'm tired of is when people keep whining that Tecno's price is too high, e.t.c Few years ago, when Tecno entered the smartphone market, their strategy was "Cost Leadership", a lot of peeps were saying Tecno is a cheap phone, this that e.t.c. Now Tecno is moving from "Cost Leadership" to product differentiation, people are still whining again...

1. How many phone shops does Xiaomi have outside China? Tecno still produces in China, so they still pay tax to the Chinese Govt

2. Yes, I can almost say Tecno has a more staff than Xiaomi

3. Yes, they all invest in advert and publicity, and Tecno also has some CSR obligation in Nigeria.

4. Talking about difference in prices of devices, the Xiaomi Note 2 was released for $130 in China, but when you want to buy from online shops, the least you can it is $170.

Now, coming to Samsung and the likes, I already said it that they have a lot of commitments, which probably justifies their prices (probably). We lack a lot of developers in Nigeria because we are not technologically advanced here, though I salute the effort of the few that are trying to provide custom ROMs.

2. Samsung and the likes have a better customer support, especially updates I agree to that, that's a major area where Tecno is really messing up.

3. The Samsung, HTC ROMs you see on the net are not placed there by the company, they are put there by developers, that what does too. We still need a lot of developers.

4. The fact still remains that Carlcare is still easily accessible compared to other Phone service centers.

The truth is the 70k price tag is probably too much, but then, don't complain, you can choose not to buy it. Go for the cheaper alternative, just like I do, but y'all should stop whining. Tecno is a business entity and they'll always try to maximize profit just like you would. Thank God the phone market is an open market, so make your choice.

Nsonaso:
Don't even go there, Samsung earned where they are today. Samsung spend fire in R& and if you know about production very well, R& is the most expensive in production and that's why most companies don't dare instead they wait for others to research and design for them to copy..... Samsung still the king of innovation

Is it not still part of goodwill?? mtcheew, swerve jare

iscom:
doogee f5 has a fingerprint for security

You're right... I'll modify

donbenie:
The fact that you're comparing Tecno to Samsung and HTC makes your logic flawed,there's more to being a Flagship that just assembling the best components you can,which guarantee do you have of getting any updates to this phone based on Tecno's track record? non,what is the resale value for this phone? non existence..these are PREMIUM First Tier Brands,associated with Prestige and Quality and therefore attracts premium pricing..
Tecno plays in the value for money segment and they should do well to remember that..

Do you know what goodwill is? That's what Samsung and the likes enjoy.

Nokia enjoyed that in those days and still enjoying it till now though not as strong as before.

When the goodwill of Tecno reaches a stage, then the resale value will be high.

Like I said earlier, the price is not the cheapest among the phone in its category.

Nsonaso:
TECNO is a BIG fraud

No, I don't think so. Tecno operates in Nigeria, it pays tax to the Nigerian government, it has a large number of staff, it pays their salary, it also does adverts e.t.c These are things that add to the running cost of the coy. If Samsung were to produce this device as it is, they would probably slap a price tag of between #90k-#100k because they have larger commitments.

Check out the recently released HTC Desire 728 with this same chipset, same screen size, HD screen (not full HD o), no fingerprint scanner, 2800mah battery, 13mp back cam and 5mp, and is sold for about #60k in China.

By the way, when you add shipping fee and retailer cost to the Doogee, it'll be close to 40k here in Nigeria.

Tecno phantom 5 doesn't have the best price when compared to other phones in the same category, but they certainly have a lot of commitments.

Sleeping improves hair growth?

hehehe.... ah don die

RIP Mama HID Awolowo

Christine01:

U don't understand?

softysparky:
I could remember how one guy asked me for ponmo and I refused, na so guy man remind of one James Hadley Chase I borrowed from him years ago. I searched for the novel soteee I no see, finally I had to pay him 3k because he insisted I pay that or I give him ponmo.

Ever since then I stopped borrowing.

I have interesting romance novels o, I can lend them to you if you want

I've come across that moniker quite a number of times, mostly in d phone section.

So it happens death is inevitable..... I pray God grants the affected the fortitude to bear the loss...

RIP Psalmwise....

Busoye19, you made valid points jare, don't let anybody bully you.

Walexz02:
Oh I messed up real big... Wasn't online for a while ni . Happy birthday to you bro

No P. Thanks bro

haha, see qwesion ... every lumia phone is a smartphone and can do basically what smartphones do and more

Idowuogbo:
For real? That phone bedt mehn...

I can help you preorder one if you want

Idowuogbo:
I no trust you

I dey serious o, d phone na gbogbo nise, e get AC

Idowuogbo:
Na Nokia you dey use browse? MbOk you can lie o

Na Chinko Nokia

Idowuogbo:
Lolz...ping it joor

Na Nokia torch ah dey use

Idowuogbo:
Cake nko? No choppings ni?

Oya PM me your addy make ah courier am to you.

Idowuogbo:
Hmmm.....i know it is....May she continue to RIP. Happy birthday!

Amen... Thank You

KINGSAMURAI:
ur signature though

You like?....

It's very significant to me

Thank You

Trypa:
I also wanna say a happy big birthday to all of u dearest

Thank You.... Happy Birthday to you too #ProudlyVirgo

Idowuogbo:
Lolz...my fellow grandpa,wAddup?

Grandpa ke

KINGSAMURAI:
LOL true, firstEVA will b calm but dat guy needs to be sent to jail first, but ur name though idowuogbo!! is that d name of a SOUP?

Idowuogbo:
You dey fear ban? Type the b word finish if you bad na... try me!!

Bread

softysparky:
Don't try me oooo.
Happy new month.

No worry, ah go carry my black mamba come visit you.
HNM to you too.

softysparky:
Wow will try and get one as a pet.

For your mind. You fit wait if you see snake