rockdog
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When a company has: brand, technology, supply chain management, it just need OEM, like Apple.Is Apple not getting phones from Chinese OEM's? Most of the phone companies get it that way. Doesn't mean that it is Chinese design.
When a company has: brand, supply chain management, it needs ODM, like lots of heavy industry brands.
When a company only has brand, it just re-brand it. i think mostly MicroMax is on this stage.
East Asia has most finished mobile industry chains in the world, from chip design, chip production, integration planning, components suppliers, manufacturer...
In fact, only in Shenzhen City a 50 people firm can design - produce a entry-level smartphone for developing nations, and you can find all the needed components within nearby 1000km2.
For a Indian company to maximize the profit, the best choice would be OEM/ODM/Re-brand the products to China, even it SEEMS that India has lower labor cost.