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Re:Why Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Huawei Can't Compete with Apple by touristtam on Monday February 15, 2016 @08:16AM (#11103181)
>No on countries where 500 euros is around the average salary and consumers have to pay full price for their devices.

Point taken.

I guess I am guilty of having another cultural bias; I assumed pretty much everyone is getting their mobile device through a 24 month+ contract with their network. At least this is how I got my first mobile phone, over 15 years ago.

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Re:Why Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Huawei Can't Compete with Apple by icebraining on Monday February 15, 2016 @08:32AM (#11103268)
Yeah, in some countries, pre-paid is the rule, not the exception. I pay $12/month for 500 minutes/SMSs plus 200MB, so the total after 24 months is less than $300 - kinda hard to bundle an iPhone with that amount :)
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