62% Bangladeshi users to have smartphones by 2025: Report

[Bilal9]

How stupid do you think we are? In 2019 Bangladesh had 31 million smart phones per your link. In 2020, it suddenly jumped to 53 million (an increase of 70% or 22 million) in pandemic year (when the sales actually were only 6.9 million in 2020). Only dumb people will believe such numbers.

And India for the past 3 years had sales of over 150 million, that's 450 million smartphone right there. Per your own link, in 2018 India already had close 374 million smartphones. Then what should be India smartphone count, genius?

Please take your stupid a$$ stories somewhere else. Indians are poor for they are buying 150 million smartphones (175 million this year) for 3 years straight at average cost of INR 14000.

While rich Bangladeshis are buying puny 7 million smartphones at 8469 taka on average. You are just stupid to understand the math.

How many motorcycles do you buy in your country? Cars? Trucks? Tractors? Buses? Ambulances? Metro trains? High rises? steel? cement? electricity? Electric Vehicles?

Don't compare you'll be embarrassed.

Although I hate to get into schwanz comparison - the fact remains that India is magnanimous on only one count, the size of poor population. As befits the situation, at one time, two and three wheelers were counted as 'vehicles' in the Indian motoring press. Go figure.

India compares poorly with China's figures and even with Pakistan on vehicle ownership, especially car ownership, which is understandable (I believe I saw the figure of 55 per Thousand in Pakistan compared to something like 42 per Thousand in India). Most Indians are too poor or too kanjoos to own anything other than motorbikes. I have visited India countless times (Delhi and Mumbai in particular) and I have been to China (Shenzhen and Shanghai) as well.

I don't know what parallel universe these delusional Sanghis inhabit but it is amusing to see their hare-brained boasts here about Indian superiority in car ownership and comparing things with Bangladesh (which is just starting to develop), to make them feel good.

India mainly runs on two wheelers and especially cheap 100/150/180cc ones as well as scooters, even for middle class folks. Until ten years ago, Bangladesh GDP was half that of India's, so it is understandable if personal car and motorcycle ownership is lagging in Bangladesh, and car ownership in Bangladesh and Vietnam are the same (2%) though motorcycle ownership is much higher in Vietnam due to cultural differences (women being high percentage of owners). Bangladesh has 300-800% tax on new personal car purchases. That ownership in India would be at the same level in India if their tariff was as high as ours.

We are perfectly happy with car ownership figures the way they are. Things will change for the better as economy and infra improves. More cars will be made locally as well.

 

[SMX 3.0]

India compares poorly with China's figures and even with Pakistan on vehicle ownership, especially car ownership, which is understandable (I believe I saw the figure of 55 per Thousand in Pakistan compared to something like 42 per Thousand in India)

Seeing something that does not exist is called hallucination, and it is often a symptom of serious mental conditions. Please visit a qualified medical practitioner.

The number of registered cars (not including jeeps or taxis) in India is 32,424,868 Vs 3,043,593 (including jeeps) in Pakistan. Given that India has a population 6 times more, cars per thousand population figures are far higher in India.

As befits the situation, at one time, two and three wheelers were counted as 'vehicles' in the Indian motoring press.

It seems that both Pakistani, as well as Bangladeshi press, counts motorcycles as ''vehicles''. Quite strange, it should be counted among ''software'' or ''home appliances''.

Notwithstanding the fact that the number of both cars & motorcycles sold in Bangladesh is very low, the ratio of car sales: bike sales in Bangladesh is 1:25 compared to 1:7 in India. And he derides India for relying more on two wheelers, lol.

India mainly runs on two wheelers and especially cheap 100/150/180cc ones as well as scooters, even for middle class folks. Until ten years ago, Bangladesh GDP was half that of India's, so it is understandable if personal car and motorcycle ownership is lagging in Bangladesh,

No need to obfuscate, Mr. Walton-fanboy. Leave ownership, even the annual consumption of those ''cheap'' two-wheelers in your country is rather pathetic.

21 million two-wheelers sold in India VS 311,016 in Bangladesh. That's like 64 times more. The total number of registered motorcycles? 79 times more. That is for 8 times higher population.

Yeah, you'll surely catch up.

Indian superiority in car ownership and comparing things with Bangladesh (which is just starting to develop)

Develop how exactly? By consuming 16,000 cars annually?

Bangladesh has 300-800% tax on new personal car purchases. That ownership in India would be at the same level in India if their tariff was as high as ours.

Again, the claim falls flat. Bulk of them are low end JDM imports.

Look at the number of cars with 1500 cc+ engine capacity- both brand new & reconditioned- a total of 430 for 5 months. That's like 1000 of them sold annually.

For comparison, 35,000-40,000 luxury cars are sold in India annually.(Mercedes Benz, BMW, Audi, JLR etc)

If you had demand similar to India (which is should be around 500K cars), you would be already having several assembly operations. You don't. That itself proves that there is no demand in the first place.

the fact remains that India is magnanimous on only one count, the size of poor population

That's what you think, Mr. Walton-fanboy. Let me show magnanimity towards Bangladeshis now.

You have data for ''housing structure'' (material used for walls & roofs) in Bangladesh, from HIES 2016 survey. I allow you to compare it with the same for India, given by Census 2011- essentially 5 years in your favour.

Then you can explain to me how Bangladesh-where only 30% of houses have cement brick walls & rest having GI sheets/mud/leaves as walls- is less poor than India where 62% of homes have brick-cement/concrete/stone-cement walls.

 

[Black_cats]

How stupid do you think we are? In 2019 Bangladesh had 31 million smart phones per your link. In 2020, it suddenly jumped to 53 million (an increase of 70% or 22 million) in pandemic year (when the sales actually were only 6.9 million in 2020). Only dumb people will believe such numbers.

And India for the past 3 years had sales of over 150 million, that's 450 million smartphone right there. Per your own link, in 2018 India already had close 374 million smartphones. Then what should be India smartphone count, genius?

Please take your stupid a$$ stories somewhere else. Indians are poor for they are buying 150 million smartphones (175 million this year) for 3 years straight at average cost of INR 14000.

While rich Bangladeshis are buying puny 7 million smartphones at 8469 taka on average. You are just stupid to understand the math.

How many motorcycles do you buy in your country? Cars? Trucks? Tractors? Buses? Ambulances? Metro trains? High rises? steel? cement? electricity? Electric Vehicles?

Don't compare you'll be embarrassed.

Actual figure of Bangladesh is also significantly higher and some estimate put it upto 113.6 million smartphone is in Bangladesh. Majority people gets smartphone as gift from relatives abroad which is outside government statistics of Bangladesh. Bangladesh government only count local production and smartphone officially imported into Bangladesh.

However as government has implemented National Equipment Identity Register from July 1, 2021 and everyone will have to disclose the source of smartphone and register it if brought as gift which will give an accurate picture next year.

Lastly I shared a neutral source. You accept it or not it’s upto you but based on their estimate Bangladesh has more smartphone though it’s hugely undercounted.

 

[SMX 3.0]

Majority people gets smartphone as gift from relatives abroad which is outside government statistics of Bangladesh.

The only problem is that the GCC market for smartphones is around only 24 million devices annually. I am sure that 8 million Bangladeshis in GCC are buying the majority of those, leaving only a few million devices for better-paid nationalities & the arabs themselves

@salute

 

[Black_cats]

The only problem is that the GCC market for smartphones is around only 24 million devices annually. I am sure that 8 million Bangladeshis in GCC are buying the majority of those, leaving only a few million devices for better-paid nationalities & the arabs themselves

@salute

They don’t need to buy every year for all of their relatives as set life is minimum 3-5 years or more. Plus many smuggle set comes from Malaysia and Singapore where price are cheap through luggage party.

Except some mobile top up shop I hardly have seen feature phone anywhere in Dhaka. Majority people uses smartphones.
We are not like kunjoos poor Idian where first time smart phone buyer look for cheap Indian brands of 5000-10000 rupee.

 

[SMX 3.0]

They don’t need to buy every year for all of their relatives as set life is minimum 3-5 years or more. Plus many smuggle set comes from Malaysia and Singapore where price are cheap through luggage party.

Except some mobile top up shop I hardly have seen feature phone anywhere in Dhaka. Majority people uses smartphones.
We are not like kunjoos poor Idian where first time smart phone buyer look for cheap Indian brands of 5000-10000 rupee.

Imagine buying 7 million, $99 smartphones and then claiming to be higher spenders than another country that spends almost 6 times more on smartphones per capita.

''They don’t need to buy every year blah, blah''. Dear child, do you even understand arithmetic?

To reach the same level as India (150 million devices/ 1.36 billion population), you'll need to buy 12 million more smartphones per year. Going by to your ''source'', it would be an even higher 15 million.

So how many are they buying & from where? Any guesses or guesstimates?

Those 12-15 million devices have to come from somewhere.

 

[Black_cats]

Imagine buying 7 million, $99 smartphones and then claiming to be higher spenders than another country that spends almost 6 times more on smartphones per capita.

''They don’t need to buy every year blah, blah''. Dear child, do you even understand arithmetic?

To reach the same level as India (150 million devices/ 1.36 billion population), you'll need to buy 12 million more smartphones per year. Going by to your ''source'', it would be an even higher 15 million.

So how many are they buying & from where? Any guesses or guesstimates?

Those 12-15 million devices have to come from somewhere.

Whatever float the poor hungry Indians boat. Bangladeshis has more smartphone penetration than India so it’s not necessary to buy new one every years. Even based on government figure it was more than 8 million in 2018 and 2019.

Counting the smuggled sets by luggage parties the number is close to India or even more.

As NEIR is in place next year we will get an accurate picture as everyone will have to declare a handset and register it despite pandemic is ongoing.

Bangladeshis don’t buy cheap Indian brands like handset.

Your country is poor and already lagged behind than Bangladesh is per capita. The less you talk is better.

Bangladesh 2nd in South Asia in digital competitiveness

Bangladesh 2nd in South Asia in digital competitiveness

The report released on Thursday by the European Center for Digital Competitiveness at the ESCP Business School said Sri Lanka was the top Digital Riser in South Asia followed by Bangladesh and Nepal

www.tbsnews.net

Here as well Bangladesh is ahead of India.

 

[UKBengali]

Yet again, BD posters are engaging trolls and helping to lead to ruin of this sub-section.

 

[Bilal9]

Whatever float the poor hungry Indians boat. Bangladeshis has more smartphone penetration than India so it’s not necessary to buy new one every years. Even based on government figure it was more than 8 million in 2018 and 2019.

Counting the smuggled sets by luggage parties the number is close to India or even more.

As NEIR is in place next year we will get an accurate picture as everyone will have to declare a handset and register it despite pandemic is ongoing.

Bangladeshis don’t buy cheap Indian brands like handset.

Your country is poor and already lagged behind than Bangladesh is per capita. The less you talk is better.

Bangladesh 2nd in South Asia in digital competitiveness

Bangladesh 2nd in South Asia in digital competitiveness

The report released on Thursday by the European Center for Digital Competitiveness at the ESCP Business School said Sri Lanka was the top Digital Riser in South Asia followed by Bangladesh and Nepal

www.tbsnews.net

Here as well Bangladesh is ahead of India.

@Black_cats bhai these kanjoosis are always experts in lies and dhokeybaaji.

I was in an economical Indian hotel (Delhi) one time during Diwali (pricier places like Hyatts were all booked) and befriended the hotel manager (who was having lunch) - so I asked him out of curiosity what he was having for lunch.

The guy pulled out a small plastic thali with a small chapati and onion, that was his lunch. Can you even imagine?

We have seen how Indian BSF troops hardly get a burnt chapati and nothing else. This is their auqaat.

Indian officials to investigate soldier’s viral 'bad food' video

INDIA’S home minister has ordered an investigation into three videos posted by a soldier, claiming troops on the border with Pakistan were given poor quality food.

www.express.co.uk

In Bangladesh, StreetSide "Italia" and "dublin" hotels for auto-rickshaw pullers serve better meals.

Stop arguing with these lot. Mathar moddhey shuddhu gobar. Khai-o gobar.

Sitting in India, they are clueless about people's standards in Bangladesh.

Can you see the sheer desperation in how they are coming in here like flies and annoying everyone?

Waste of time.

Yet again, BD posters are engaging trolls and helping to lead to ruin of this sub-section.

All I can say is you report any violations by any member, including these trolls.

 

[salute]

Whatever float the poor hungry Indians boat. Bangladeshis has more smartphone penetration than India so it’s not necessary to buy new one every years. Even based on government figure it was more than 8 million in 2018 and 2019.

Counting the smuggled sets by luggage parties the number is close to India or even more.

As NEIR is in place next year we will get an accurate picture as everyone will have to declare a handset and register it despite pandemic is ongoing.

Bangladeshis don’t buy cheap Indian brands like handset.

Your country is poor and already lagged behind than Bangladesh is per capita. The less you talk is better.

Bangladesh 2nd in South Asia in digital competitiveness

Bangladesh 2nd in South Asia in digital competitiveness

The report released on Thursday by the European Center for Digital Competitiveness at the ESCP Business School said Sri Lanka was the top Digital Riser in South Asia followed by Bangladesh and Nepal

www.tbsnews.net

Here as well Bangladesh is ahead of India.

Are you thick at head? The very article we are discussing, talks about smart phone penetration. This carries a weight as it is from GSMA. Yet you keep barking about having more smartphone penetration in Bangladesh. Look up this image you idiot.

Bangladesh 2nd in South Asia in digital competitiveness is a headline chosen by an illiterate Bangladeshi. He doesn't even now what the study was about. Do you even know who came in last in that study Japan, Germany and India? Do you think you are better than Japan and Germany? Read up the report before you make such absurd claims, you moron.

"The top three Digital Risers in the G20 have been China followed by Saudi Arabia and Brazil; India, Japan and Germany came last."

The report itself is stupid, given it is giving weightage to the mindset rather than the actual work put in by these countries.

"the Digital Riser Report analyses their digital competitiveness only as indicated by their digital ecosystem and mindset."

Also the report is about who did well in the past 3 years in terms of progressing towards digital competitiveness rather than the actual digital competitiveness present in these countries at present. I hope you understand the difference.

It is similar to claim about you having oxygen surplus. In fact more than half of your oxygen requirement was fulfilled from India. lol.

Another 200 metric tonnes of liquid oxygen reaches Bangladesh from India

The 15th consignment of liquid oxygen, carrying the Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in 10 containers, reached Benapole Railway Station via Petrapole land port of India in the afternoon.

With this, Linde Bangladesh Ltd imported 3,016 metric tonnes of liquid oxygen since July 24, Benapole Railway Station Master Saidur Rahman said today.


Around 7,232 metric tonnes of liquid were brought to Bangladesh from India by road between June 21 and September 7.

Bangladeshis all round are all plain stupid.

 

[SMX 3.0]

Whatever float the poor hungry Indians boat. Bangladeshis has more smartphone penetration than India so it’s not necessary to buy new one every years. Even based on government figure it was more than 8 million in 2018 and 2019.

Counting the smuggled sets by luggage parties the number is close to India or even more.

lol, you are the one who made logically inconsistent statements, not me.

According to your own logic, you already have 12-14 million smartphones unaccounted for. You don't have any data to prove the existence of such devices or the source of such devices.

Even the entire Bangladeshi population in GCC isn't that big.

''it’s not necessary to buy new one every years ??'' Idiot, Indian smartphone market was as big as 124 million units in 2017, 4 years back. So how many were you smuggling in 2017?

No amount of GDP faking would help you face the brutal reality of low consumption of everything from smartphones to steel & motorcycles to electricity. I wonder where all that growth comes from...

Bangladeshis don’t buy cheap Indian brands like handset.

What the heck is that even supposed to mean? Has your brain short-circuited?

Bangladeshis all round are all plain stupid.

That goes without saying, lol.

 

[SMX 3.0]

@Black_cats bhai these kanjoosis are always experts in lies and dhokeybaaji.

I was in an economical Indian hotel (Delhi) one time during Diwali (pricier places like Hyatts were all booked) and befriended the hotel manager (who was having lunch) - so I asked him out of curiosity what he was having for lunch.

The guy pulled out a small plastic thali with a small chapati and onion, that was his lunch. Can you even imagine?

Oh look, someone from a 16,000 used car-consuming country talking about ''consumption''.

Such creative story-making is often required as the reality is so brutal.

Commodity	Consumption in India	Consumption in Bangladesh	Consumption in India/ consumption in Bangladesh
Cars	3,370,000	16,000	210
Motorcycles	21,000,000	311,000	67
Trucks	380,000	8,500	44
Smartphones	150,000,000	7,000,000	21
Steel	110 MT	7 MT	15
Energy	31.328 BTU	1.551 BTU	20

I am stunned by ''people's standards in Bangladesh''. This exactly is the reason why your kind climb over the border fences to do menial labour in India.

A decade of justice crying out in BSF's Felani murder

Weep.

 

[Black_cats]

lol, you are the one who made logically inconsistent statements, not me.

According to your own logic, you already have 12-14 million smartphones unaccounted for. You don't have any data to prove the existence of such devices or the source of such devices.

Even the entire Bangladeshi population in GCC isn't that big.

''it’s not necessary to buy new one every years ??'' Idiot, Indian smartphone market was as big as 124 million units in 2017, 4 years back. So how many were you smuggling in 2017?

No amount of GDP faking would help you face the brutal reality of low consumption of everything from smartphones to steel & motorcycles to electricity. I wonder where all that growth comes from...



What the heck is that even supposed to mean? Has your brain short-circuited?



That goes without saying, lol.

I didn’t know hunger and malnutrition causes eye problem as well. Instead of parroting same thing again and again go check what I said earlier.

This is comment from BTRC on illegal handset:


“Some 15 crore handsets are currently being used across Bangladesh. Of them, 40% entered the market illegally or were brought in from abroad. However, all the unauthorized handsets that consumers started using before July 1 will be brought under the approval of the NIER registration program,” BTRC Director General Brig Gen Md Shahidul Alam told Dhaka Tribune.

The NIER registration program will pave the way for the authorized importers of mobile handsets by restricting the use of illegal handsets. It will help prevent cloning and theft, and boost revenue collection.

Illegal, fake handsets won’t work in Bangladesh from July

Every year, government loses around Tk3,000 crore in revenues due to illegal import of the mobile phones

www.dhakatribune.com

To check these Illegal handset N is installed and effective from July 1, 2021.

Now don’t embarrass yourself saying GCC does not 6 cr population so how Bangladesh has got 6 cr illegal handset.

India is poor country than Bangladesh and that’s the reality.

Acting like joker don’t change anything.

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In addition to the above 80% of the feature phone now produced locally that verified my claim most of the illegally brought handset are smartphone.

Plus based on above news Bangladesh produces 11 million smartphone annually for local market that excludes the illegally and legally imported smartphone.

So please stop parroting this 7 million smartphone purchase annually.

 

[salute]

I didn’t know hunger and malnutrition causes eye problem as well. Instead of parroting same thing again and again go check what I said earlier.

This is comment from BTRC on illegal handset:


“Some 15 crore handsets are currently being used across Bangladesh. Of them, 40% entered the market illegally or were brought in from abroad. However, all the unauthorized handsets that consumers started using before July 1 will be brought under the approval of the NIER registration program,” BTRC Director General Brig Gen Md Shahidul Alam told Dhaka Tribune.

The NIER registration program will pave the way for the authorized importers of mobile handsets by restricting the use of illegal handsets. It will help prevent cloning and theft, and boost revenue collection.

Illegal, fake handsets won’t work in Bangladesh from July

Every year, government loses around Tk3,000 crore in revenues due to illegal import of the mobile phones

www.dhakatribune.com

To check these Illegal handset N is installed and effective from July 1, 2021.

Now don’t embarrass yourself saying GCC does not 6 cr population so how Bangladesh has got 6 cr illegal handset.

India is poor country than Bangladesh and that’s the reality.

Acting like joker don’t change anything.

This guy should be a parrot. He doesn't have any stats other than statements like India is poor country. lol.

 

[Black_cats]

This guy should be a parrot. He doesn't have any stats other than statements like India is poor country. lol.

Ohhh yes it happens when some one don’t read full message. Eye problem seems a big issue now in poor and hungry India.

You must be user of one of the crappy Indian mobile set brand.