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A friend sent me this link and I was in shock. So I thought to share with my phone-landers especially those who are ride or die fans of China phones.
Pay attention to the bolded.

China's Transsion phones outsell Samsung in Africa
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Two Nigerian women take a selfie with a Tecno smartphone made by Transsion Holdings Ltd, a Shenzhen-based phonemaker.
Photo: China Daily/ANN


Transsion Holdings Ltd, a Shenzhen-based smartphone maker few Chinese have heard of, is securing the jewel in the crown of the mobile world－the African continent, one of the most promising mobile arenas in the world.

Transsion has grabbed 40 per cent of the African market, outcompeting much bigger opponents like Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.

Tecno and itel, two brands owned by Transsion, took the third and first spot in the African mobile market in the third quarter of 2016, respectively, data from technology consultancy Counterpoint Technology Market Research showed.


In the first half of 2016, Transsion shipped 32.9 million handsets to overseas markets. In comparison, the number for Huawei, the world's third-largest smartphone maker, was 25.4 million units.

Transsion was the first Chinese smartphone vendor to explore the African market. It also built the world's first smartphone plant in the continent. Its success highlights how little-known Chinese firms are conquering overseas markets by leveraging China's sophisticated manufacturing capacity and their experience to fight for survival in the domestic market.

Stephen Ha, general manager of Tecno, said: "We started to zero-in on the African market as early as 2008 after the competition intensified in China."

That was a time when the continent was almost forgotten by most big international brands. The lack of competitive local players also leaves a gap in the market for Transsion to fill.

The company quickly gained popularity through its dual-SIM smartphones.

Ha said: "We noticed local consumers wanted to have two SIM cards, but most of them could not afford two handsets."

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A Nigerian man takes a selfie with a Tecno smartphone made by Transsion Holdings Ltd, a Shenzhen-based phone maker.
Photo: China Daily/Asia News Network
Jessie Ding, a Shanghai-based smartphone analyst at consultancy Canalys, said what really helped Transsion secure dominance was its efforts to stay local in Africa and the management team's abundant experience in overseas markets.

Zhu Zhaojiang, founder and CEO of Transsion, has been in the smartphone industry for nearly two decades. Before setting up Transsion, he headed up the overseas business for a domestic firm and had travelled to more than 90 countries to explore opportunities.

Ding said: "Such experience gives Transsion an advantage in dealing with Africa's highly fragmented retailer landscape. The team knows what local businessmen want and how to build trust."

Instead of relying on telecoms carriers to sell handsets, Transsion set up its own retailing network in more than 30 African countries. Abdirahman Mohammed, a phone dealer based in Nairobi, Kenya, is one of them.

Mohammed said: "Transsion phones come in many varieties, with three brands covering the low, middle and high-end markets. Tecno is one of the best sellers in my store." He sells 70 to 100 Tecno phones every month and earn roughly $5 per phone.

To build up its reputation, Transsion has carried out an aggressive advertising campaign rarely seen in the Africa market. The strategy also increased local retailers' reliance on Transsion, because in this way, they don't need to spend much on advertising.

In 2011, Transsion set up a smartphone plant in Ethiopia, the first one in the African continent, to help speed up product delivery and lower costs. Now it is working on a new plant in Nigeria.

Michael Wandey, the administrator of a publishing company in Kenya, said his Tecno smartphone has the same features as other brands but is much cheaper.

"Its battery strength is very impressive. I also like its clear camera. Tecno will also be the top choice for my next handset," Michael said.


Making dark skin shine in selfies

Everyone in the world loves selfie, and African customers are no exception. But it is quite difficult for them to have good pictures, because darker skin makes it difficult for many cameras to recognise their faces. To solve this problem, Tecno smartphones locate consumers' face by focusing on their teeth and eyes. It has performed data analysis on African users' face shapes, colors and their preferences of photo effects to determine how much extra light exposure is needed to lighten up their photos.

SIMply better

Due to the poor telecoms infrastructure in Africa, consumers prefer dual SIM cards to ensure effective telecom signals, but most of them can't afford two handsets. Tecno is one of the first brands to launch dual-SIM-card feature phones there.

The link http://digital.asiaone.com/digital/news/chinas-transsion-phones-outsell-samsung-africa

Summary pls


Lolz I made FTC today,

I just bought infinix hot4 finger print
And op I didn't read ya post just explain to me in short sentence pls,

If them say the phone no good again make I throway am














Modify... Who wan read that long thing

Who fùcking care about what they think about us

Laughing

SOMETHING LIKE THIS

China

y can't ur topic just tally with ur writeup?

Joavid:
A friend sent me this link and I was in shock. So I thought to share with my phone-landers especially those who are ride or die fans of China phones.
Pay attention to the bolded.



The link http://digital.asiaone.com/digital/news/chinas-transsion-phones-outsell-samsung-africa

Nobody sent u this link ..I released this link today and you are here saying someone sent it to u ..

i thought they said an igbo man owns tecno?

Racist!

K

What is so special there now?

why are you making mountains out of molehills?

Chinko ti take over jooor



Leave trash for LAWMA

[color=crimson]not happy. Africa the continent needs its own tech market [/color]

Oya make Una clear road for tecno

Just a comkent and its on FP


Lalasticlala plz did joavid send you a val gift cos



Ayam not understanding

Smelling ugly looking people.

Between Chinko and blacks which face is more difficult to recognize

Black absorbs all the light and doesn't reflect all colors like white..or how do they say it....

I am not surprised at all. I dont see anything wrong in what was stated!

Anyways, One of my Chinese friend told me they dont even use Tecno in China.

When I told her its very popular in Naija, she was really surprised, and was like wow.

So what do they think about Nairalanders?

GossipHeart:

You expect me to read this long ass essay ??

This is why i killed 6 men and hospitalized 3 other men in 1946

I was a witness then bro,







But now I attend catholic

SalamRushdie:
Nobody sent u this link ..I released this link today and you are here saying someone sent it to u ..

lol. You won't kill me

na only me nor understand this post??

GossipHeart:

You expect me to read this long ass essay ??

This is why i killed 6 men and hospitalized 3 other men in 1946

Ditto. 1965. We should hang out.

They were probably refering to our Gayna brothers.

Inukwa!

Jackhammer:
na only me nor understand this post??

Summary of all, Op is saying they made a racist comment! That's why she highlighted that in bold.


And I dont see anything wrong with the post.