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If you have wondered why Samsung Mobile has generally found it difficult to match your favourite Chinese brands in pricing, it is largely because most Samsung smartphones are manufactured outside of China. It is much more cost-effective to manufacture in China than it is elsewhere on the planet, and Chinese brands are riding that wave hard. As has been addressed earlier, if you want smartphones that are not made in China, you have to be ready to pay more .
Where does Samsung produce its phones? Mostly in its factories in Vietnam, South Korea, and India, with some production happening in China. To offer more competitively-priced products, the Korean company is outsourcing some of its newer A-series models to production partners in China.
A Korean publication, TheElec , reports that the models being outsourced to Joint Development Partners (JDMs) in China are the Galaxy A03 , the A03s , the A03 core , and the A22 5G . Not all units of each of these models will be produced by JDMs; just enough to help the company lower the unit cost and so offer more competitive prices in the market.
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Once upon a time, if you wanted an Android smartphone that would receive the fastest software updates for two years, you hand only the Nokia brand to pick from (if you didn’t want a Google Pixel). While Nokia no longer provides the fastest updates, the once mobile phone giant still keeps its promise of delivering those updates for up to two years. Which is why this 2-year old Nokia 5G mid-ranger is getting updated to Android 12 now.
Released in March 2020, Nokia 8.3 5G features a 6.5-inch display, Snapdragon 765G chipset, up to 8 GB of RAM, 4500mAh battery and 18W fast charging. As the name suggests, it supports 5G networks. Internal storage maxes out at 128 GB and it sports a 64-megapixel camera at the back.
Nokia 8.3 5G, a 2-year old 5G mid-ranger, is getting the Android 12 treatment.
Nokia 8.3 5G is the closest thing to a premium flagship that HMD Global has released in the last 3 years. The company has since said that it has no plans to release a premium flagship till further notice and will be focused on the entry-level and budget segments of the market. The last premium flagship released by HMD Global was the Nokia 9 PureView in 2019.
Launched with Android 10, Nokia 8.3 5G received Android 11 last year, and Android 12 is currently rolling out to it. It has a price tag of $480 at Best Buy in the United States, sells for as high as €500 in Europe, and ₦222,600 in Nigeria. It is hard to find these days, though, so you have to search hard if you are interested in picking one up for yourself.
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Author:Mister Mobility
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