10000+ Indians polled by Digit say actions of Chinese govt at UNSC will negatively impact their preference for Chinese smartphones

Has China’s recent move to block the banning of JeM Chief Masood Azhar by the UN Security Council (UNSC) impacted your preference for Chinese smartphones? We asked our audiences on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to vote and the results are in. We published the results of our Twitter poll yesterday, wherein a clear majority voted in favour of boycotting Chinese smartphones. Our Facebook poll, with as many as 10,000 respondents, paints a similar picture. 70 percent of voters on Digit’s Facebook page voted in favour of boycotting Chinese smartphones in light of the ongoing UNSC incident, while 30 percent of the poll takers voted not to boycott Chinese phones and that they will continue buying them. As mentioned before, we also conducted similar polls across Digit's Twitter and Instagram channels as well as on the social media accounts of all our vernacular pages, which put together, resulted in over 10,000 people voting to say that the Chinese govt's ongoing activities at the UNSC will negatively impact their preferences with respect to buying Chinese smartphones.  While the vote clearly tilts towards boycotting Chinese smartphones, the comments we received on the poll highlight several interesting viewpoints. A majority of comments expressed the inability of Indians to ignore Chinese smartphones given a lack of viable alternatives in the market. Many in our audience also pointed at the lack of indigenous resources in India to develop and manufacture smartphones locally, leaving users with no option but to buy phones made by Chinese OEMs. The stronghold of Chinese smartphone makers in India was very apparent from the comments. It is true that Chinese smartphone vendors, including OnePlus, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo and Vivo command 60 percent market share in India and the same was reflected in comments made by Digit’s Facebook audience. While some find it impossible to ignore the presence of Chinese electronics in India, many stakeholders felt that it is difficult to find value for money and best-in-class features on non-Chinese smartphones. Then there were those who felt that buying Made-In-India Chinese phones like those from Xiaomi, OnePlus and others are a viable alternative to buying phones that are imported into the country. If you still feel like voting on the issue, our Facebook poll is live for another 5 days. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section or vote and express how you feel about the issue on our Facebook Page. 

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