“Chinese-owned smartphone company, Transsion Holdings (owners of Tecno, itel and Infinix) have the best selling phones in Africa, but they have never sold a single phone in China.”

I just keep wondering why this is so, yet they have over 47% sales coming from Africa alone.

https://technode.com/2019/04/22/transsions-lead-in-african-phone-market-under-threat-from-fellow-chinese-rivals/

Africa is a dumping ground.

Who Cares? As long as they keep making Affordable Smartphones we have No problem..........MTN has more customers in Nigeria than in south africa their parent country

Their fones are made for Africa... They don't even ship dem beyond d shores of dis continent

Vulcanheph:
Who Cares? As long as they keep making Affordable Smartphones we have No problem..........MTN has more customers in Nigeria than in south africa their parent country

Affordable indeed. You mean their Helio P35 phones sold for 75k. When Nokia sells Helio P60 for 45k

Fistop:
Africa is a dumping ground.

From experience I have noticed that some of these phones have very short life span no matter how careful you are in usage

A lot of my Chinese friends don't know tecno..

They are over rated toys, You can never use such in any part of mainland.

jowhyte:
“Chinese-owned smartphone company, Transsion Holdings (owners of Tecno, itel and Infinix) have the best selling phones in Africa, but they have never sold a single phone in China.”

I just keep wondering why this is so, yet they have over 47% sales coming from Africa alone.

https://technode.com/2019/04/22/transsions-lead-in-african-phone-market-under-threat-from-fellow-chinese-rivals/

They know the consequence of selling sub-standard products to their own country-men

I can remember when they launch in Nigeria, I made the grave mistake of patronizing them. Thank God I didn’t put both feet in their muddy water, just to test I bought a phone of 60k only for the screen backlight of the new phone to go off (no external cause) within one month of purchase.

Their nonsense Calcare dribbled me for one additional month before underpricing my phone by 50% and giving me a refund in form of another substandard Techno product. I can never forget The crowd of people with complaints in their Calcare offices is an indicator of the low quality of their phones.

For anyone that cares to listen DO NOT BUY THEIR PRODUCTS rather get a Samsung or Huawei or any other brand that goes through rigorous product testing. A word is enough for the wise.

jowhyte:


From experience I have noticed that some of these phones have very short life span no matter how careful you are in usage

Fact !
Yet. Some Mumu fandroids will be comparing them to iPhones

how can they sell in china when they are inferior and someworth made from the remains of other smartphone

Vulcanheph:
Who Cares? As long as they keep making Affordable Smartphones we have No problem..........MTN has more customers in Nigeria than in south africa their parent country

They are not affordable. This Shit is more expensive than good phones like dooge and Xaomi phones. It's just availability that makes you guys buy this nonsense. You go to the mall to get phones and all you see is these tomato phones . Then iPhone and Samsung
The average person will just purchase the rubbish expensive techno phones and call it cheap

Where is their main factory and HQ located?

Those are Nigerian products up there.

Their phone prices should be reduced for the quality standard they produce...Other good brands are cheaper

Africans are poor 100$ is 36,072 naira . and am sure everyone eat more than 100naira a day in school so if a American kid save is lunch money for 2 weeks he will by iPhone xs. I Nigeria you can only by a touch light phone so taking Tecno to develop country is just like talking locking your well in raining season

somehow:
Where is their main factory and HQ located?

China of course. But their sub-standard products are for 'export use only.'

senchibi:

They are not affordable. This Shit is more expensive than good phones like dooge and Xaomi phones. It's just availability that makes you guys buy this nonsense. You go to the mall to get phones and all you see is these tomato phones . Then iPhone and Samsung
The average person will just purchase the rubbish expensive techno phones and call it cheap

Tecno is affordable.
Tecno has different brands for all class of citizens
Tecno has good marketing strategy.
Tecno uses low cost, and focused low cost strategy
Tecno is top the Nigerian if not African market.
Enough of this demarketing strategies by other brands to sell their products stick your brand

Tecno is affordable.
Tecno has different brands for all class of citizens
Tecno has good marketing strategy.
Tecno uses low cost, and focused low cost strategy
Tecno is top the Nigerian if not African market.
Enough of this demarketing strategies by other brands to sell their products stick your brand

Vulcanheph:
Who Cares? As long as they keep making Affordable Smartphones we have No problem..........MTN has more customers in Nigeria than in south africa their parent country

After you lie finish, wetin you go gain?
Even if that your claim is half-way, somehow, by mistake true.
at least mtn dey South Africa. The post say not a single phone sold by transission in China.. Oya reply. Why e be like that.. We dey wait.

asuustrike1:
Tecno is affordable.
Tecno has different brands for all class of citizens
Tecno has good marketing strategy.
Tecno uses low cost, and focused low cost strategy
Tecno is top the Nigerian if not African market.
Enough of this demarketing strategies by other brands to sell their products stick your brand

Name a Tecno phone that is affordable.
Please I said "Affordable" not cheap.
if you can't spot the difference, use a dictionary. Then come and reply. Otherwise carry your misleading sentimental comments go gsmarena.

What made the product "sub-standard"? Because they don't service their host country?

BTW, their factories are no longer in China, they started in China first, but serviced other continents before opting fully for Africa. You can read up on this via the internet.

Adinije:
China of course. But their sub-standard products are for 'export use only.'

They made there phones for Nigeria not China.

ZesusHVWritter:

After you lie finish, wetin you go gain?
Even if that your claim is half-way, somehow, by mistake true.
at least mtn dey South Africa. The post say not a single phone sold by transission in China.. Oya reply. Why e be like that.. We dey wait.

is there any fact to prove what that guy said? What's his proof?

senchibi:

They are not affordable. This Shit is more expensive than good phones like dooge and Xaomi phones. It's just availability that makes you guys buy this nonsense. You go to the mall to get phones and all you see is these tomato phones . Then iPhone and Samsung
The average person will just purchase the rubbish expensive techno phones and call it cheap

what is doggy? Is that a phone or what? You guys should mind what you buy o.

malanado:
Africans are poor 100$ is 36,072 naira . and am sure everyone eat more than 100naira a day in school so if a American kid save is lunch money for 2 weeks he will by iPhone xs. I Nigeria you can only by a touch light phone so taking Tecno to develop country is just like talking locking your well in raining season

Lol are you trying to equate #100 in Nigeria to $100 in US.... am dead
A phone of $1000 even in America is very expensive

bravesoul247:
what is doggy? Is that a phone or what? You guys should mind what you buy o.

Haq haq haq, this wan weak me

you have to understand that most of their devices are budget friendly, so yes its a perfect brand for the African market.

jowhyte:
“Chinese-owned smartphone company, Transsion Holdings (owners of Tecno, itel and Infinix) have the best selling phones in Africa, but they have never sold a single phone in China.”

I just keep wondering why this is so, yet they have over 47% sales coming from Africa alone.

https://technode.com/2019/04/22/transsions-lead-in-african-phone-market-under-threat-from-fellow-chinese-rivals/

na only laff i fit laff

bravesoul247:
what is doggy? Is that a phone or what? You guys should mind what you buy o.

jowhyte:


From experience I have noticed that some of these phones have very short life span no matter how careful you are in usage

I agree with u 101%. my zero2, just pack off, despite my carefulness with d fone, I took it to carlcare, they refuse to repair it for me, telling me the fone has being phased out....

sureteeboy:

Affordable indeed. You mean their Helio P35 phones sold for 75k. When Nokia sells Helio P60 for 45k

my most naija phone users don't know poo about chips, just package a big power bank with screen and camera, and u r good to go.

Harddiskng:
They know the consequence of selling sub-standard products to their own country-men

I can remember when they launch in Nigeria, I made the grave mistake of patronizing them. Thank God I didn’t put both feet in their muddy water, just to test I bought a phone of 60k only for the screen backlight of the new phone to go off (no external cause) within one month of purchase.

Their nonsense Calcare dribbled me for one additional month before underpricing my phone by 50% and giving me a refund in form of another substandard Techno product. I can never forget The crowd of people with complaints in their Calcare offices is an indicator of the low quality of their phones.

For anyone that cares to listen DO NOT BUY THIER PRODUCTS rather get a Samsung or Huawei or any other brand that goes through rigorous product testing. A word is enough fir the wise.

These phones lifespan doesn’t is damn poor. Pictures, video quality starts deteriorating barely months after purchase huawei, xiaomi etc are miles ahead of these shits