Chinese-made smartphones are becoming a bigger part of our technology world. Every month we have new devices introduced from China. Those Chinese smartphones win the users by a lot of advantages: usually cheap price, diverse choices, beautiful design, and continuous updates with latest specs.

There is no reason for I myself to boycott those Chinese smartphones because every user will have their own reason in choosing the best device possible. However, personally, I strongly believe that, despite the competitive price and beautiful design, more people will still overlook Chinese smartphones, and big a big brand instead. Here are my explanation.

Share with me your thoughts, whether you agree or disagree, and if you have any contribution to my reasons below:

1. Durability

Since the amount of money we tend to spend on buying a smartphone is not small, it should last for a decent period of time. Except for tech geeks who love to update the newest trends all the time, most of us are most likely to stick to one smartphone until it is broken. This is why the device durability (or how long a handset lasts) is very important.

If we put Chinese smartphones into comparison with big brands, it is very easy to tell which of the two will last longer. We pay a bigger amount of money to buy a smartphone of more well-known brands. In return, it will stay with us much longer than those made in China.

2. Distinctive quality

We do not deny that there are more and more growing Chinese smartphone manufacturers these days. Those big names like Xiaomi, Oppo, Meizu, Lenovo… have their own signatures, best-sellers and very clear business strategies. However, we can not deny either that, distinctive quality is one of the key factors that make a brand go big.

This explains why the figures of specs don’t always say anything. We have witnessed smartphones with 3,000 mAH battery but stay longer than those with 4,500 mAH during real life test (Samsung Galaxy Note 5 vs Lenovo K80 for example). We also know really well that a 13MP camera by Sony is way more beautiful than that 13MP from Xiaomi or Meizu.

I am NOT saying that to conclude that Chinese smartphones are NOT AT ALL good. Instead, I am trying to raise the point that, in terms of feature quality, there is still a big gap between older and younger companies, Chinese brands and world-famous brands.

3. “Authentic” and premium design

There is still that fact that many people think Chinese companies tend to copy designs from bigger brands: Xiaomi copy Apple, Lenovo imitates Samsung etc. Once again, I am not mention about this controversial copy issues. But brands like Sony or Apple have their long way of development, long enough that they build a “signature design”. Do you agree with me that you think the Xperia M4 looks just the the Xperia Z3? And that you can not distinguish iPhone 6 vs 6S or 6S Plus just by their design?

Buying a big brand smartphone, you are also buying their name, their signature, their design. The thing that just a quick glance at the back of the device is enough to recognize the whole brand.

4. “For the brands”

In order to be widely recognized around the world, the smartphone giants like Samsung, Sony, Nokia, Apple … had to spend a long time working their ways through all the ups and downs. That is why when you buy their products, you also buy their history, their success story and their best technology through the years.