Do you own or have you ever owned a Chinese smartphone? (poll results)

posted by Chris P. / Jul 09, 2015, 2:18 AM

Do you own or have you ever owned a Chinese smartphone? (poll results)

On Tuesday, we wanted to know if the many, many cheap smartphones coming out of China have ever gotten you excited enough to reach for your wallet and pay for one, and now the results are in.

Over 1,600 of you cast their vote, and the majority, or 53.73% of all votes, said they've never owned a Chinese smartphone in their life. While this is a significant number, there's still almost half of the votes to account for, and they're split as follows: 30.87% of participants say they have a Chinese smartphone either in their pocket or nearby, while 15.4% no longer do, but used to.

All told, considering how difficult (relatively) it is to get your hands on such a device — they don't sell them in stores after all — it's telling that nearly a third of the folk who decided to participate indicate they already own one. With Chinese makers constantly improving, it'll be interesting to see if this split will differ significantly going forward.

Do you own or have you ever owned a Chinese smartphone?

I own a Chinese smartphone

30.87%

I don't own a Chinese smartphone

53.73%

I used to own a Chinese smartphone

15.4%

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25 Comments

1. UncleSamWantsYou

Posts: 36; Member since: Jun 10, 2015

Supporting chinese stuff is a betrayal of capitalism, shame on them

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 2:29 AM 4

3. BruceLeeRoyJenkins

Posts: 51; Member since: Feb 27, 2015

Heh, "UncleSamWantsYou" supporting Chinese Stuff.

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 2:34 AM 0

6. neela_akaash

Posts: 1239; Member since: Aug 05, 2014

Either you love china or you hate china. But you can't just ignore china.

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 3:03 AM 2

11. neela_akaash

Apple would have been a dead piece sh#t, if they didn't took the manufacturing support from China. Even the Hollywood admits that Chinese have the efficiency to do anything( hope you have seen the movie 2012)

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 3:27 AM 2

7. Kruze

Posts: 1285; Member since: Dec 30, 2014

Yeah, shame on the millions of peoples around the world using iPhones, since they're "supporting" Chinese stuff. TOP KEK The Daily Blah

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 3:06 AM 4

8. neela_akaash

I would say BILLIONS. Who are technically using Chinese stuffs.

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 3:12 AM 1

21. foscrew

Posts: 20; Member since: Apr 24, 2015

Did you just say top kek unironically?

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 5:15 PM 0

13. Chuck007

Posts: 1410; Member since: Mar 02, 2014

Dude seriously it's time to take your meds..

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 4:19 AM 1

16. aksa123

Posts: 365; Member since: Jan 30, 2014

LOL china may be communist but its economy is capitalist.

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 6:39 AM 1

19. waddup121 unregistered

nahhhhh

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 9:55 AM 0

2. BruceLeeRoyJenkins

Always been concerned with how safey private information is on these devices. Don't get me wrong, they're great looking phones, but how safe and secure is my personal information.

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 2:33 AM 1

14. Ashoaib

Posts: 3269; Member since: Nov 15, 2013

more secure than anything coming from US ;)

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 6:20 AM 2

4. kingEngine

Posts: 36; Member since: Mar 05, 2014

I am a Chinese phone

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 2:35 AM 3

5. UncleSamWantsYou

then begone!!

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 2:39 AM 0

9. Kruze

You can't tell a person to "begone" on the internet. How do we "begone" on the internet, our comment stays here forever unless PA deletes the article itself which includes the comments as well. And we don't stay on one article 24/7 too. For example, after replying to a retard like you, we'll just leave the page which counts as "begone". TOP KEK The Daily Blah Random question: What do you tell to an ignorant retard know-it-all like the Uncle Sam above me? Answer: You know it all? Not at all. Because you can't use a word correctly by telling someone to "begone" on the internet which shows that you're a betrayal to your image yourself and your English skills.

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 3:15 AM 0

20. An.Awesome.Guy

Posts: 636; Member since: Jan 12, 2015

And there is a chance thathttps://archive.org/ would save this article with its comments to be at the internet to be visited after many years ,(Even if phonearena deleted it ) .

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 2:58 PM 0

10. WakaFlakaD

Posts: 575; Member since: Apr 30, 2011

OnePlus One =D

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 3:16 AM 0

12. GreekGeek

Posts: 1276; Member since: Mar 22, 2014

What kind of POLL is this??? Are there any Korean - made phones out there? How about made in Japan? LOL Well kidding aside, buying a Chinese product is a way of helping them strengthen their military, just look at what their doin in South China Sea right now

posted on Jul 09, 2015, 3:32 AM 0

15. Ashoaib

kidding aside, buying any US product is a way of helping them strengthen their military... just look at Ukraine, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan and whole middle east... just look at how they f**cked up the whole world