Why not South Africa

[ndira]

I see many manufacturers here are making android phones. Some make great phones for less. Brands like ZTE, XIAOMI and others are not exporting their phones to South Africa. I think more competition would drive prices down. We only have Samsung, HTC,Sony and LG here. Huawei is trying but they have few phones. We can do with more competition here.

 

[Golfdriver97]

It's hard to say why a company won't go into certain countries. There may be legal issues (Like high tarrifs etc.), they may view a high expense to go into a country and see little profit, among many other reasons.
Xiaomi isn't really prominent in the U.S. either.

 

[TonyHove]

A combination of costs, relative size of the different markets and securing carrier support affect the decision to enter certain markets. In South Africa in particular I can tell you it's the cost of importing tarrifs is particularly prohibitive. But with the smartphone market in the growth phase I'm sure more manufacturers will try capture a slice of the pie

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