We tend to throw all this chinese babies with bathwater together, but atleast in case of Spice and particularly it's
Android Models, situation is somewhat different. It's earlier model Spice
Mi-300 was a rebranded ZTE & the same phone was launched by different brands across the world. It had great custom ROM support at forums & the same ROM's could be applied for all the differently named brands elsewhere. One known fella is using it for a long time and has been pretty happy about it.
Huawei is also a different breed of company as compared to other chinese phone makers we see.. (Those endless QWERT & Mediatech Chipset Ones).. World's largest telecom gear manufacturer.. Probably your network operator in India runs on their equipment.. (Most of Telcos in India are using it).
Now Huawei since last year has shifted focus on handsets particularly Androids. X6 is the attempt for high end android at killer price. Olive tried to launch it for the last 7 months but stuck somewhere. Spice went ahead and launched it. Another benefit of this Huawei's is that most of their android devices are nearly poor
google as they don't modify the stock google android much.
All this devices are meant as Android for the next billion. However hard we try to lap up Android's success, fact is there is less than 5% of India's mobile population who can (Can but not willing to) afford this high end androids from
Samsung,
LG, HTC at above Rs 25K. Another interesting fact is that this high end android do not cost so much to manufacture. Established brands are just taking their share of blood money by pricing them with extraordinary profit margin.
Do you know, How much
Samsung Galaxy Tab's (First Version) manufacturing cost is? Around $ 214.57.. That's about Rs 9,800..
http://www.isuppli.com/Teardowns/News/Pages/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Carries-$205-Bill-of-Materials-iSuppli-Teardown-Reveals.aspx
Was launched at Rs 38,000... Now down to Rs 22,000... Still see the profit margin.. Does any level of fit, finish & software support that robbery? Not saying that those brands do not deserve a premium for that... But not of this level..
By opting for brand like Spice in Androids (rebranded Huawei X6) one may not be terribly comprosing on the quality of components as they are mostly the same with same suppliers..
Qualcomm processor, chipset, basebands, screens...
Point is premium buyers will continue to buy brands with their outrageous profit level but a vast majority of value seekers will opt for value.. Indirectly that also pressures brands to drop prices very quickly...
Isn't it a win win for every type of consumer?
Excellent, everything mentioned by you is absolutely correct and I appreciate you in gathering correct information.