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greenhulk:
The black shark is not ur everyday phone bro. How many people do u think would buy it? It's targeted at the youth who play games on their phone. How many people have u seen using a black shark? The design of a phone speaks a lot about how successful it would be. Make it too aggressive and it will only be admired by tech experts while the majority of consumers would ignore it. It's the same with Asus rog phone 2 which technically should be the best phone out there by realistically it won't make much sales.

A few things come to mind, like if I drop this phone can it be fixed? What if something goes wrong? At the end most people will only admire it but won't buy.

Why the double standards?

The galaxy note series for instance was targeted towards business centric and graphic design folks, but am sure you'll agree with me that people from all walks of life use it.

You do know the questions you're asking can be asked about Samsung flagships too right?

So following your theory if Samsung adds an s-pen, curved screen & other gimmickry etc it's OK & for normal people while when brands like Asus, Oppo and Xiaomi go over the top with specs then its "aggressive" and only for "tech experts"?

You say you're open minded towards all brands, but this statement of yours says otherwise.

Contumely:
Ssmsung is 1st in the world
Huawei 3rd
Xiomi 6th


So why?

The phone is simply top notch. It's what I'll call serious value for money.
The battery, ram... It's the most affordable brand.
And if the want the flagship, they got it too.

I think it entered the Nigerian phone market a little late, but it's sure taking it's place

Prior to lesser known brands like Xiaomi, Huawei, One Plus, Realme, Lenovo, Oppo etc having a stronghold on the mid range market globally, Samsung was milking users in the midrange category, especially in Nigeria and we didn't see y'all criticizing Samsung.

The irony of it is most so called big boys were only flaunting foreign used Apple and Samsung phones. These 2 tech giants only see the Nigerian high-end smartphone market as too small.

Now competition is forcing them to change strategy and y'all whining instead of rejoicing.

Nigerians truly dunno what they want

2kurupt:
Why the double standards?

The galaxy note series for instance was targeted towards business centric and graphic design folks, but am sure you'll agree with me that people from all walks of life use it.

You do know the questions you're asking can be asked about Samsung flagships too right?

So following your theory if Samsung adds an s-pen, curved screen & other gimmickry etc it's OK & for normal people while when brands like Asus, Oppo and Xiaomi go over the top with specs then its "aggressive" and only for "tech experts"?

You say you're open minded towards all brands, but this statement of yours says otherwise.

Galaxy note series is basically Galaxy S10+ with an s pen. It maintains the general design of a normal phone which most people are comfortable with. The same cannot be said about the rog phone and black shark especially when it is coming from an OEM that is not that popular. U should understand the average consumers don't like to take risks when paying so much money for a phone, most people just play safe. Trust me people would rather buy Samsung Galaxy note for $1,000 than Asus rog phone 2 for $900. The phone that is not normal that Samsung released is the Galaxy fold and I don't expect it's sales to be massive. At least not yet.

2kurupt:
Prior to lesser known brands like Xiaomi, Huawei, One Plus, Realme, Lenovo, Oppo etc having a stronghold on the mid range market globally, Samsung was milking users in the midrange category, especially in Nigeria and we didn't see y'all criticizing Samsung.

The irony of it is most so called big boys were only flaunting foreign used Apple and Samsung phones. These 2 tech giants only see the Nigerian high-end smartphone market as too small.

Now competition is forcing them to change strategy and y'all whining instead of rejoicing.

Nigerians truly dunno what they want

If u have been following my posts u would know I have always told people not to buy Samsung mid range phones as they are not worth it. This is even before xiaomi and other brands became popular in Nigeria. It is only of recent that Samsung stepped up their mid range game with the Galaxy a series and that was due to firm competition from other oems.

greenhulk:
Galaxy note series is basically Galaxy S10+ with an s pen. It maintains the general design of a normal phone which most people are comfortable with. The same cannot be said about the rog phone and black shark especially when it is coming from an OEM that is not that popular. U should understand the average consumers don't like to take risks when paying so much money for a phone, most people just play safe. Trust me people would rather buy Samsung Galaxy note for $1,000 than Asus rog phone 2 for $900. The phone that is not normal that Samsung released is the Galaxy fold and I don't expect it's sales to be massive. At least not yet.

You still don't get my point. I made mention of phones like the Black Shark & Mi Mix to emphasis that they too can go that far in specs and features despite that not being their main focus. Some other commenters here think Xiaomi is all about just the Redmi Note 7 or budget phones.

greenhulk:
If u have been following my posts u would know I have always told people not to buy Samsung mid range phones as they are not worth it. This is even before xiaomi and other brands became popular in Nigeria. It is only of recent that Samsung stepped up their mid range game with the Galaxy a series and that was due to firm competition from other oems.

Well, I couldn't agree less. My last Samsung was the original Galaxy Ace, after that I always felt they were holding back against the non-flagship segments, and I am all for functionality over aesthetics. With the current trend of better specs trickling to cheaper phones, it can only be a win-win situation for the consumers

forendal:
You feel xiaomi don't Kno how to waterproof phones then take it to IP rating?
Or that the can't also get the 5x periscope camera?
Or the liquid lense?
865 is it proprietary? Don't you see that mi9 uses 855 just as S11? And mi9 was among the first phones to come with 855?
The liquid lense you are shouting, I bet you Samsung won't use. If liquid lense is to come to smartphone realm then expect it from Huawei first.
The 5x periscope sef Huawei has it. So if I ask? Apart from the display, what the big deal about Samsung?

Nothing o.

nnoli90:
Bleep u guy go tell ur Gramma that Xiaomi rules

e pain am

greenhulk:
Thanks. I'm not a brand loyalist, I use whatever phone suits my need. I'm using a Samsung right now, before that I used an LG and xiaomi. Every phones have their pros and cons. There was a time I even used an infinix and there are still some things I loved about it. I just detest when some people act like one brand is the best thing since sliced bread and then badmouthing every other brands. It has become the norm for many people on this forum to hype xiaomi phones and then condemn every other brands especially tecno and infinix. I love xiaomi for trying to bring the balance between great specs and price but men people need to take it easy.

Bro, I've read though a lot of threads! Both parties involved has got their faults. Samsung and iPhone users on this forum look and talk down on Xiaomi users. That's the real problem, they won't allow that now. There is this air of arrogance that the post of Samgsung and iPhone users carry, that's why the quarrel will continue.

Jake420:
A13>sd855+>kirin 990>sd855>ex9825
It's gonna have same architecture it was lacking in gpu department so that will not be a problem anymore. Then 2021 is with amd that's laptop graphic processing it's gonna be the best.kirin 1000 would be mad with 5nm manufacturing .
Another reason about my point with xiaomi is the fact that mi9 came February but millions exchanged it for k20 pro and another for mi9 pro people have been using s8 since 2017.
I'll get the s11 and use it till 2024 that's why i skipped the s10 but if i get the k20 pro before next year july I've changed it, Samsung is premium

Your point is not completely valid bro. I've trained everyone in my family to be contented with their phones for at least 2years! I use a Huawei device I bought in April 2016 till now! Not many fancy all this rat race. No matter how top notch your phone is now, give those fools another 3 months (transsion devices na 1 month ) another innovation don show. There are better things to spend money on abeg!

greenhulk:
The black shark is not ur everyday phone bro. How many people do u think would buy it? It's targeted at the youth who play games on their phone. How many people have u seen using a black shark? The design of a phone speaks a lot about how successful it would be. Make it too aggressive and it will only be admired by tech experts while the majority of consumers would ignore it. It's the same with Asus rog phone 2 which technically should be the best phone out there by realistically it won't make much sales.

A few things come to mind, like if I drop this phone can it be fixed? What if something goes wrong? At the end most people will only admire it but won't buy.

Yeah, at the moment Redmi Note 8 Pro is the good choice for gaming at very affordable price. this phone has a quite powerful helio G90T processor which handles tasks pretty much every efficiently. even you can play games like pubg and fortnite without lagging and throttling.

harryodilli19:
Yeah, at the moment Redmi Note 8 Pro is the good choice for gaming at very affordable price. this phone has a quite powerful helio G90T processor which handles tasks pretty much every efficiently. even you can play games like pubg and fortnite without lagging and throttling.

i hate games oo

ArticleBeast:
There are Xiaomi marketers with over 10 monickers each. Most Samsung users are not that jobless to be littering public forums with useless arguments and comparisons

Each of these phone companies have their marketers on this forum with different monikers. What pissses off is the fact that many of them brand each other bad