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I. Introduction
today that is sure interesting to study about. This year, not only Nokia,
Samsung or Sony Ericsson has taken large shares of the mobile phone
new industrial giant China, had invaded the mobile phone industry.
China Phone is a general term for phones that are made in China
and are sold in the Philippines in cheaper prices. The distinctive quality of
a China Phone is its lower prices2 compared to the more expensive brands
is that some phones are physically copied from original phones, (design,
name and brand). Thus it is common to call China phones as 2nd hand
phones are affordable. The price ranges from a lowly P3000 for an
China Phone. .
Yet, the phone’s popularity can’t only be equated with one factor.
Further the phones contained limitless features that are also offered by
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'China phones' slowly creeping their way to RP. Melvin Calimag. (2009).
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China Phones. Michael Tan (2009).
dedicated to inform consumers of phone marketability, a floundering
Further China Phones also provide 3G. 3G is the latest way of new
technologies that are being infused with the cell phones. Lately, one of
the growing trend of the China mobile phone industry it now offers dual
sim capacity. This means that a phone can now transact calls or text
messages not just in one network but two. For example, a phone now can
receive text messages from both Globe Telecom subscribers and Smart
subscribers.
The objective of this study is to find out the factors that shape the
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ProductWiki. Date Retrieved: September 29, 2009.
This study endeavors to answer the following:
This study is among the first top tackle the issue of China Phones
and its relationship to the students, or the youth in general. This study
Lastly, this study will also serve as a great help for students, scholars
who undertake the same subject matter as China Phones and Youth
Preference.
This study focused on finding out the different factors that result in
of the factors of why the students prefer China Phones is done through
the dissemination of simple survey questionnaire to the respondents. The
areas included are income level, certain factors that influence the
owned China Phones ranging from fake Nokias to a brand called Multi-
Colored Mobile.
friends e. classmates
a. yes __ , __ (yes/no)
b. no __
a. yes __ , __ (yes/no)
b. no
a. yes __ , __ (yes/no)
b. no
a. yes
b. no.
Table 1. This table shows that out of eleven students asked, 6 students
had bought their phones at the P2000-P3000 range. Still pretty cheaper
Smart mobile.
Table 2. This table shows that the first thing that the students think
have more influence on students that made them buy China Phones. It is
remarkable how the parents had become 2nd in line for influencing their
Table 5. This table shows that indeed students hear comments from
classmates about buying a China Phone. This maybe the case for maybe
internet provided the functions that the students look for in buying a
mobile phone. This is closely followed by touch screen functions and video
recording. This result reflects the fine tuning of today’s youth to modern
cheap.
Table 9. This table reveals that students like to buy a China Phone
embedded with 3mp camera that cost less rather than an original camera
Table 10. This table shows the data that most students are not
satisfied with their China Phones. The researcher did not further put on
phones.
Most students who had participated the research had bought heir
kiosks that sells for P5000 and above. In this shortage of enough money
and resources to buy for higher ended phones with valuable features, the
situation.
that these students had become more secularized themselves and shown
matters relating to buying China Phones. The reason may not have been
Further, the study also noted that cameras, mp3 functionability and
internet connectivity are three major functions that students are looking
the fact that in today’s world connecting to the internet is a must and not
a luxury. This tells that students are not only thinking about money and
use, but they see their phones as objects of multi-tasking capability. They
want that their phones hold, internet, camera and musical functions rolled
into one.
questions were asked into which ones is favorable, a cheap China Phone
students still are not satisfied with their China Phones, though they
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