Hi, this is the sequel to my last post, which I posted yesterday. I am not going to prolong it. I'll just cut to the chase. As I talked about the best brands to buy from if you live in Pakistan, now I am going to talk about the worst companies and the companies you should not buy from if you live in Pakistan if you want a reliable device. Anyways, here we go...
The brands you should refrain buying phones/tablets from:
1. Sony:
It might be a surprise for some people, but people who've used Sony won't say otherwise. A tech giant and a nightmare for people who can't afford new phones every month. Sony has an on and off affair with controversies.
A company who was one of the kings of the mobile market once recently slipped out of top ten manufacterers and is constantly slipping. While their policy of a new flagship every six months was quite a news for the industry, results are far from spectacular. While they do unveil a new flagship every six months, they pull off all their support from the last device i.e turning their flagships older than they deserve to be. When somebody pays about $550 for a phone, he expects it to be new for at least about ten months and maintain some of the value. Unfortunately, Sony disagrees. What the six month flagship policy does is that it increases the pressure on the engineers at Sony and decreases the value of the last flagship. And the whole waterproof feature is a scam. If you want to go for a real waterproof device, buy a Samsung Galaxy S5 or a Galaxy S6 Active. The Sony phones are not waterproof, but instead water-resistant. It means that the water on the screen doesn't damage the phone, nor do the splashes of liquid on it. But if you take the phone under water, there's a very high chance you are going to screw up and cry later about. Also, they have no warranty support or service centres in Pakistan, so if you break your phone somehow, it is some really bad news for you.
2. Qmobile:
Well, most of us were expecting this brand's name sooner than later. But what made me rate this company above Sony is that
a) They provide warranty on their phones.
b) They have service centres all over Pakistan.
c) They have better support than Sony (at least in Pakistan).
As most of us know, Qmobile is famous for it's ability to turn stupid, bad phones into huge successes and also, huge bollywood stars to feature in their idiotic advertisements. While I've got to give it to Qmobile for the advertisement and the success part, most of the intelligent people don't like to be near even the shadow of Qmobile. Anyways, as for most of the Qmobile phones, they are repairable albeit the fact that they cost a lot, about half of the phone's value.
3. LG:
While there's no denying that the devices made by LG are pure class and monsters, especially the Nexus devices made by LG. They are drop dead gorgeous and beastly. I can safely say that the best phone I've owned so far is from LG too, but there're also some downfalls located in LG phones and their love story with Pakistan.
The most important weakness located in LG's flagships are the pure classy design language followed by them. There's absolutely no doubt that the design is beautiful and is also very efficient, it's relatively fragile. The G series can't really survive waist/pocket height drops if they fall on their screen. Because there's nothing protecting them. What worsens the fragility is the fact that LG does not provide proper warranty in Pakistan which means that they don't have proper service centres either, at least except the major cities. And if you live in a city other than Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad, there's a huge chance of no chance of getting your LG device repaired properly. LG is only recommended if you are filthy rich or you can care about your phones really carefully.
Hope it was helpful. Suggestions are welcome! :)
Thank you. Stay tuned.
