The global smartphone industry is a very competitive space. While companies like Apple and Samsung have dominated this space for more than a decade, their position is now challenged by several companies from China. Those who track the smartphone industry may realize the increasing influence of Chinese smartphone brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, and Honor. While the surge of popularity may not be clear for consumers in the United States, where people tend to stick to popular brands, try, and test like Samsung and Apple, it is undeniable that Chinese smartphone brands gradually raise ranking.
The increased level of Chinese smartphone brand can be measured by the fact that three Chinese companies found themselves in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions when they came to the delivery of global smart phones. However, this international shipping rate does not tell the whole story. Seeing localized data from countries with large populations – such as India, China, and Indonesia – revealed the actual level of the influence of this relatively new smartphone brand.
Conversely, people in North America seem to jostle with the idea of accepting this novice smartphone brand. To measure the general perception of the Android smartphone brand, we ask a group of 529 people who live in the US to tell us that the brand they feel makes the worst Android smartphone on this planet.
These are the worst Android smartphone brands
Most of the respondents who participated in our opinion poll seem to have seriously believed that Xiaomi made the worst Android phone out there. More than 27% of users surveyed thinking Xiaomi deserves this special crown. In front of that, the results of the poll seem to be very unfair to Xiaomi, given that the company did not even sell its telephone to the U.S. consumers. However, it is undeniable that Xiaomi needs to do many things to change its brand perception in the US if they have ever planned to release a smartphone in North America (once again, namely).
With more than 21% of the votes, a smartphone brand that is almost unknown for US consumers is in second place. The brand referred to here is the realme-sub-brake owned by Oppo. Realme is a smartphone brand that is very popular in Asia and is known mainly because of the value devices that usually compete with alternatives at the same price of Xiaomi.
Another smartphone brand that really needs a brand overhaul is Google. More than 18% of people surveyed thought Google made the worst Android phone. That is a lot of bricks for the company behind the software that gives the power of Android phones. Unfavorable opinions seem to come from a long list of problems that disturb the ranks of Google Pixel.
Samsung and OnePlus discovered themselves in the last two places on this list with 17.23% and 15.54% of the votes respectively. It could be that other brands are only less popular in the minds of US citizens, or it could be that Samsung and OnePlus are really true and really making the best Android phones -what do you think?
