Well, Chinese smartphones are definitely getting better by the year. Considering the fact that they were nowhere to be seen in the top 5-7 years ago. But surprisingly the most notable Chinese smartphone brand i have seen in almost every shop in go to in London/U.K is Huawei . Haven't seen any so called Xiaomi, Lenovo (except in Laptop and PCS of course), Coolpad, Oppo etc, Didn't even know these names(bar lenovo of course) until saw/read this thread. ZTE has got some phones here as well though they are not as popular/common as huawei. But overall ill say so far its only Huawei smartphones that i have seen and even bought one in the past(which was quite good for its price) and my junior sister uses Huawei Ascend P6. I didn't even know it was a Chinese company until recently. lol. But overall, it will take a while/long time before Chinese smartphones can match Apple and Samsung in brand awareness. Note that in today's world, brand is more important than even the product, most companies sell alot because of the brand image they have. Personally i think Samsung is overrated. HTC and Apple are my favorites. But i wont be surprise though if Chinese smartphones dominate the developing world/countries market. Considering the price and the relatively good quality of the phones they are bound to dominate in developing countries. wont be a surprise.
Overall i think India is the only other country who may have the ability to compete with China in this sector, both in terms of price, quantity and quality of the phones. surprisingly haven't seen any Indian phone. Will be good to see one soon, and how it will fare in the world, because competition is always good for the market/consumers. most of the big smartphones company overcharge us for their products. getting sick of it.
Also im surprise to see that there is so much animosity between some Chinese and Vietnamese members on here. Is there a particular reason for that? I thought they are both communist countries(well officially. lol)? Surprised because almsot all the Chinese i know here are rather quite humble, calm, level headed and hard working even when they are provoked. kind of similar to some of my Vietnamese friends as well.