I took a ride around the Shenzhen Huaqiangbei today with friends. There's tens of thousands of people walking around that area. We mocked, as far as statistics goes, 9 people out of 10 were holding a mobile phone. Then 5 out of 10 phones were a knock-off Nokia or iPhone or something invented by the so-called "shanzhai" factories.
The name "shanzhai" being a little mocking by meaning village or countryside, the shanzhai phones themselves do not look bad at all. In fact, in my own opinion, they are even innovative.
Have you thought of Apple running Microsoft Windows? That's what's happening in China. The iPhone-looking smartphone I talked about in the previous post comes installed with Windows Mobile operating system. The "shanzhai" factories are completely market driven and they are quick to adopt the latest technology and ready to adjust to new trends.
Young people are increasingly lavish in mobile phone consuming. The most extreme example I heard is that someone changes his phone every few weeks. "Shanzhai" phones prove to be the best option for this type of consumption. For the equivalent of a little over US$100, you can get a feature-rich phone with a larger than 2" touch screen, mp3/4 player, 1.3Megapixel camera and other things.
My friend, who lost or was stolen of his maybe 3rd or 4th phone, all being Nokia or Moto, now shifts to "shanzhai" phones. It will be less of a loss if missing. And, not many will really be interested in stealing a "shanzhai" phone. They are really too cheap to worth the trouble.
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