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I mean, I guess that would be a great benefit to the non-Chinese competitors then, Samsung, Google, Apple, etc. I don't see that this would be hugely disruptive to the country.

Is there some reason you think it would be?

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Xiaomi phones are better and cheaper than Samsung, Google, and certainly Apple equivalents. The Mi 10 Ultra is ~780$ and is just flat out better than a 1200$ phone from Samsung, including the best camera of any phone bar none.

Xiaomi / Oneplus are ~50% of the cost of Samsung/Google/Apple phones

Are they? That hasn't been my experience in Canada but maybe pricing is different in India?

Could you point to some specific cheap phones by those companies so I could see if I can find comparable phones by non-Chinese companies?

extra tariffs on iPhones. Look here: https://www.mi.com/in/

At the top of that page is the Redmi 9a for 6,799. Here is a similar phone from samsung for Rs. 6,499.

https://www.91mobiles.com/samsung-galaxy-m01-core-32gb-price...

That Redmi has 8 cores (cpu released in 2020) compared to the Samsung with 4 cores (released in 2017).

On Antutu benchmark, the Redmi is almost 5x higher [0]. So I don't think they can be considered "similar".

[0]: https://gadgetversus.com/processor/mediatek-mt6739-vs-mediat...

people that buy Chinese phones won't buy Apple, maybe Samsung if they have no choice, with this Chinese phones you have good value deal.

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