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chinese pda's fr 4 grandd?!?!?

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/chinese-pdas-fr-4-grandd.88797/

blademast3r
blademast3r Original post #1
May 25, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Hey guys yest my friend purchased a chinesse no name pda for 4 grand...and its amazing , it has all feautures u expect frm a pda and a querty keyboard , also it has a tv antenna nd receives doordarshan!... now my question is how do they manage to sell it so cheap...nd are they durable??
dheeraj_kumar
dheeraj_kumar #2
May 25, 2008 at 3:23 PM
My friend has the same phone too. Same 4K. and if you connect a TV cable to it you can watch other channels too... I dont know if its durable but he has been using it for 2-3 months. And its chinese, so its cheap.
nvidia
nvidia #3
May 25, 2008 at 3:28 PM
^^Its not cheap just because its Chinese..
The phones are brought to India illegally without paying duties and other such things. Thus those additional costs are not put on the customer.
And you dont get a bill and warranty on those phones. Thus they are dirt cheap.
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swordfish #4
May 25, 2008 at 3:38 PM
Chinese dumps their low quality product to break indian market..
saurabhpatel
saurabhpatel #5
May 25, 2008 at 4:36 PM
They are cheap as they don't incur the cost of advertising and promotion. Also they don't pay royalties for technology used and as said above they're smuggled illegally w/o any duty being paid on them.

And yes they are durable and have good build quality but when I spend 4k I want to get peace of mind too.
praka123
praka123 #6
May 25, 2008 at 4:47 PM
yes,they dont follow patents reg by nokia,SE and all hence cheap.

It is VERY bad,that our market is flooded by this low quality chinese craps :x
montsa007
montsa007 #7
May 25, 2008 at 6:48 PM
use and throw kinda stuff man.
after 6 months these phones will be sold by hawkers you know?
no shop buy backs these phones, and one who does that hits a hammer on his head as these fones lack warranty and the repair costs are damn damn costly, so if you have cash to splurge buy such phones every 3 months or so. if you dont, buy a good branded mobile that will last for lifetime.
Yeah i hate chinese stuffs