Seems like many companies product quality has plummeted over the last few years. For example, Google (despite its flaws), used to have good products and services. Now they are virtually unusable.
My doctor sent me forms to my Gmail and I never got them. I looked it up and apparently Gmail has the document provider blocked so you literally cannot get medical forms. Stuff like this happens all the time now! Their search engine is nothing but sponsored ads now.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. I just think it’s funny that capitalism ends up making much much worse products over time.
Huawei is banned. Xiaomi won’t sell here because the only way to get any market share is through the carriers, and they don’t want to partner with the carriers. Understandable. Most people here don’t want to partner with the carriers, either.
That’s strange, Mexican carriers have carried them for a few years now (at a slightly inflated price, though)
That slightly might be the issue. Carriers here wouldn’t allow a phone significantly cheaper than the ones already here.