Will Chinese manufacturers become the biggest winners in the smartphone industry?

Ben Taylor of the comparison site, FindTheBest, wrote in the time website that China will change the smartphone industry and predict the winners and losers in the change-the winners are Chinese handset makers and consumers in emerging markets, with the losers of LG, Samsung and Sony. The impact on consumers and Apple in developed markets remains to be seen.

The article first in 2012 years of comparison of two models, low-end machines and high-end machine price is the same: Lenovo's price is half the lower, but the performance index is almost half the latter.

But the advent of millet has made this price-performance ratio broken. Taylor selected A comparison example is Millet 3 and Samsung S5: The two sides of the technical parameters of the same (even the former part of the index is still higher), but the price of millet 3 less than half of S5. In terms of prices and parameters alone, consumers are clearly more willing to choose millet 3. And in soft aspects, such as manufacturing quality, interface and user experience, the article also cited CNET, TechRadar evaluation said not downwind.

Recent data suggest that the two-quarter domestic smartphone market was first taken away by domestic manufacturers. Although the manufacturer is millet or Lenovo organization data has been fighting, there are agencies to give the Samsung still maintain the first ranking, but Samsung has been in trouble recently. The second quarter profit is far lower than expected, Galaxy S5 performance, low-end mobile phones by the Chinese manufacturers of the big impact.

The forecast is that China's handset-makers, once market followers, will be the leaders of the global market, relying on cheap and inexpensive advantages, leading the way in pricing, functionality and development (leading the pricing trend, but not so optimistic about the latter two) that they are the biggest winners, Could even squeeze Samsung into the throne in the next few years. and emerging-market consumers are clearly the beneficiaries of affordable handsets.

Japan and South Korea's manufacturers LG, Samsung and Sony are predicted to be losers. Taylor believes that over time, these manufacturers and Chinese manufacturers in the price of competition will encounter great trouble, only to find the price and specification of new differentiated way to survive.

As for the other two parties, the impact on the change of the market for consumers in developed markets and those of the US manufacturer remains to be seen.

In theory, consumers in developed markets should benefit from cheap Chinese handsets. But there are still some uncertainties. First, when can Chinese mobile phones break through the barriers in Europe and America? Second, will American manufacturers also produce low-end handsets to compete with Chinese manufacturers?

As for Apple, it is not easy to jump to conclusions. On the one hand Apple never touch the low-end market, on the other hand, Apple's quality is not by the specifications to win-its selling point is not like prime or CPU, but design and mystery (and experience). In that case, Apple's territory does not seem to be affected.

These ultimately depend on the consumer. Perhaps some users will be willing to buy a 1/3 of the price of a similar mobile phone, perhaps fruit powder, rice noodles will continue to remain faithful to their original choice. These are only time to prove.