Always the latest time for new version update Always the least product category we got in mainland Always the worst localize policy, especially Samsung pay
Get the Hong Kong version.
Samsung does China dirty. Back when the Note series was exploding they delayed the recalls in China and waited until they started exploding before recalling. It really damaged their image in China and they haven’t recovered since then.
If you were samsung what would you do?
samsung does to China what Chinese brands do to everyone outside China.
Flash Taiwan firmware and problem is solved.
Taking into consideration that chinese people either go with apple or the other chinese phone makers, it is not surprising at all. As a seller they have to put the resources where they are needed the most or they benefit the most and in china is neither.
Same as I was using Mi 10 in Europe. Slower update at one year later and with lot of bugs. Or the system is already full of bugs before update? Oh well, I forgot. China phone is only usable in China. Outside of China, the phone is useless.
How many years are we talking ?