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While both Korea and China produce a wide array of electronic gadgets, they differ in their primary focus and market strategies. Korean gadgets are often known for their high-end, innovative, and premium quality, with a strong emphasis on brand prestige and design. Chinese gadgets, on the other hand, are typically more focused on affordability and mass production, offering a wide range of products at competitive prices.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:

Korea:

Focus: High-end, innovative, and premium quality with a strong emphasis on design and brand.
Examples: Samsung smartphones, LG TVs, and various other consumer electronics known for cutting-edge technology and sleek design.

Market Strategy: Strong brand recognition and a focus on premium features and technology.

China:

Focus:
Affordability and mass production with a wide range of products and competitive pricing.
Examples:
Xiaomi smartphones, Huawei products, and numerous other brands offering a vast array of electronics at lower price points.

Market Strategy:
Focus on price competitiveness and offering a wide variety of products to cater to a large consumer base.
Key Differences:

Price:
Chinese gadgets generally offer more affordable options compared to their Korean counterparts.
Technology:
While both countries innovate, Korean brands are often seen as pioneers in specific areas like display technology and semiconductor manufacturing.

Branding:
Korean gadgets often carry a stronger brand image and prestige compared to some Chinese brands, although this is changing as Chinese brands gain more recognition globally.

Market Share:
In some areas, China's market share in the electronics sector has surpassed South Korea, particularly in consumer electronics.
In essence, Korean gadgets are often associated with high-end quality, innovation, and brand prestige, while Chinese gadgets are known for their affordability and mass production capabilities.

Is this why Made in China Iphones and Teslas are cheap low quality pioneers?

budaatum:
Is this why Made in China Iphones and Teslas are cheap low quality pioneers?

Made in China tesla phones?
Is this even existing.

Ournolly:
Made in China tesla phones?
Is this even existing.

Read it again please. I never said "China tesla phones".

Tesla manufactures vehicles in China. Specifically, the Model 3 and Model Y are produced at Tesla's Gigafactory in Shanghai.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigafactory_Shanghai

Apple sells more than 220 million iPhones a year and by most estimates, nine in 10 are made in China.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx17361pw1o

budaatum:
Read it again please. I never said "China tesla phones".

Automobiles are neither gadgets nor electronics.
What's your point?

Ournolly:
Automobiles are neither gadgets nor electronics.
What's your point?

At least we've moved on from your "China tesla phones".

Are iphones not gadgets?

Are electronic vehicles not electronics?

budaatum:
Is this why Made in China Iphones and Teslas are cheap low quality pioneers?

I don't think so. China manufacturers produce based on customer specification and strictly for export. I'm presently researching on importing industrial machines from china and it might interest you to know that high grade machine parts particularly are from European manufacturer e.g electrical parts (Siemens,ABB). They tell me all this.
I've been trying to understand Korean manufacturers, no heads up🤦.
Taiwan are old technology but very reliable

Gotocourt:
I don't think so. China manufacturers produce based on customer specification and strictly for export.

Perhaps don't just think so, and consider the facts instead, because my research shows China is the second largest market for both Tesla and Iphone.

The second largest market for Tesla is China, following the United States. While the US accounts for the largest share of Tesla's sales revenue, China represents a significant portion, contributing around 21% of the company's global sales revenue, according to a report on Investing.com. Tesla has a strong presence in China, including a Gigafactory in Shanghai, which produces vehicles for the local market.

Tesla's sales in China have shown a mixed performance recently. While they experienced a year-on-year decline in Q2 2025, with a 11.7% drop in deliveries, they also saw some positive trends with a rise in sales in June after several months of decline.

The second largest market for iPhones is China. While the United States has the highest concentration of Apple stores and is a major market, China's large population and strong iPhone sales place it as the second largest market globally. In 2023, iPhones held a 17.3% market share in China, up from 16.8% in 2022.

In China, iPhone sales have experienced a recent resurgence with an 8% year-on-year increase in the second quarter of 2025

budaatum:
At least we've moved on from your "China tesla phones".

Are iphones not gadgets?

Are electronic vehicles not electronics?

You are smart.

WhizdomXX:
You are smart.

To be sincere, I wouldn't agree with you. I just try to cure myself of ignorance by checking the facts and evidence myself instead of ignorantly believing what I haven't bothered to research so I may know.

budaatum:
To be sincere, I wouldn't agree with you. I just try to cure myself of ignorance by checking the facts and evidence myself instead of ignorantly believing what I haven't bothered to research so I may know.

Again, you proved me right.

Gotocourt:
I don't think so. China manufacturers produce based on customer specification and strictly for export. I'm presently researching on importing industrial machines from china and it might interest you to know that high grade machine parts particularly are from European manufacturer e.g electrical parts (Siemens,ABB). They tell me all this.
I've been trying to understand Korean manufacturers, no heads up🤦.
Taiwan are old technology but very reliable

Do you know that most Europe machine are produced in Korea and Japan?

budaatum:
Read it again please. I never said "China tesla phones".

Neither Tesla nor Apple is Chinese. That they're produced in China doesn't automatically make them Chinese. Just the same way Samsung phones made in India or Vietnam don't mean they're Indian or Vietnamese.

Japanese products is the bomb

RenaissanceGuy:
Neither Tesla nor Apple is Chinese. That they're produced in China doesn't automatically make them Chinese. Just the same way Samsung phones made in India or Vietnam don't mean they're Indian or Vietnamese.

Read the discussion from the beginning please. No one said Tesla and Apple are Chinese.

The argument is, not all products made in China, like iphones and teslas, are cheap low quality products, as the op implied.

budaatum:
Is this why Made in China Iphones and Teslas are cheap low quality pioneers?

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budaatum:
Read the discussion from the beginning please. No one said Tesla and Apple are Chinese.

The argument is, not all products made in China, like iphones and teslas, are cheap low quality products, as the op implied.

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Actually, the OP never used the term "Made in". Rather he used "Korean" and "Chinese", and that makes all the difference.

RenaissanceGuy:
Actually, the OP never used the term "Made in". Rather he used "Korean" and "Chinese", and that makes all the difference.

You've set up your own argument that "Neither Tesla nor Apple is Chinese", and would now have to argue it all by yourself since I you quoted never said "Tesla and Apples are Chinese"

In the very first line of the op is the word "produce". And my response was a question that has not been responded to.

The assumption is, if you produce something, you made it, which is why Iphones and Teslas made or produced in China will be labelled made in China (unless you'd like to argue otherwise, of course).

The following might inform you:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx17361pw1o

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50921729

budaatum:
You've set up your own argument that "Neither Tesla nor Apple is Chinese", and would now have to argue it all by yourself since I you quoted never said "Tesla and Apples are Chinese"

In the very first line of the op is the word "produce". And my response was a question that has not been responded to.

The assumption is, if you produce something, you made it, which is why Iphones and Teslas made or produced in China will be labelled made in China (unless you'd like to argue otherwise, of course).

The following might inform you:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx17361pw1o

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50921729

No, that assumption is wrong. They're only Chinese if the company is owned by Chinese people. As far as the owners are Americans, they're American companies even if they manufacture their products in China.

RenaissanceGuy:
No, that assumption is wrong. They're only Chinese if the company is owned by Chinese people. As far as the owners are Americans, they're American companies even if manufacture their products in China.

My contribution is not about ownership, but about where they make and produce what they make, which is in China, and which made me ask if they are "cheap low quality products".

budaatum:
My contribution is not about ownership, but about where they make and produce what they make, which is in China, and which made me ask if they are "cheap low quality products".

china has high end products. China has low quality products.

Obviouslyblunt:
china has high end products. China has low quality products.

You are the first to make a point relevant to my post here, so thank you very much.

Indeed, China makes both high end and low quality products. China is also the top manufacturing country in the world, with 31.6% of the total global manufacturing output, which they must be if they want to provide employment for their vast population. Second is USA with half that at 15.9% (their employment is mostly in the service industry), while India that has a comparable population to China is fifth at a paltry 2.9%, though being Nigerian I shouldn't deride them so.

Top Manufacturing Countries
China – 31.6% Global Manufacturing Output
United States – 15.9% Global Manufacturing Output
Japan – 6.5% Global Manufacturing Output
Germany – 4.8% Global Manufacturing Output
India – 2.9% Global Manufacturing Output
South Korea – 2.7% Global Manufacturing Output
Russia – 1.8% Global Manufacturing Output
Italy – 1.8% Global Manufacturing Output
Mexico – 1.7% Global Manufacturing Output
France – 1.6% Global Manufacturing Output

https://www.safeguardglobal.com/resources/blog/top-10-manufacturing-countries-in-the-world/

And on that note, my immense gratitude to you victor14, for this insightful thread.

budaatum:
My contribution is not about ownership, but about where they make and produce what they make, which is in China, and which made me ask if they are "cheap low quality products".

And that means that your comment wasn't in sync with what the original post is about.

RenaissanceGuy:
And that means that your comment wasn't in sync with what the original post is about.

Thank you for your opinion

budaatum:
Thank you for your opinion

No, it's not an opinion.

RenaissanceGuy:
No, it's not an opinion.

Thank you for whatever it is you think it is.