Cuban mobile phone users mostly prefer devices from the Korean manufacturer Samsung, followed by the Chinese Xiaomi and the American Apple, according to a traffic analysis carried out byCyberCuba.
He; study of the traffic generated by the platformCyberCubaDuring the last 30 days it allowed us to determine which are the most used mobile phones in Cuba.
Following recent news reporting of the blockade in Cuba of cell phones from the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi, which Cuban users reported on social networks,CyberCuba carried out an analysis of the access statistics to our website of users from Cuba, which showed that 42.9% of the users who visit this platform are owners of mobile devices from the Korean manufacturer Samsung.The sample included a total of 737 thousand unique users who accessedCyberCubain the last 30 days.
In second place in the preferences of Cubans is the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi, whose mobile devices are used on the island by 14.57%, according to the analysis carried out by this editorial office based on a sample made up of users who access the networks and the website of this medium.
Apple, with 13.84%, is the third best-established brand among Cuban mobile phone users, while Motorola, Huawei, Alcatel and LG share almost the remaining 25% of Cuban mobile device customers.
The study found that Cuban users prefer the Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime cell phone model (with almost 28 thousand users), while the second most popular is the Motorola moto E5 play (with more than 22 thousand). In third place in preferences of Cuban mobile phone buyers is the Apple iPhone (with 16 thousand users), followed by the Apple iPhone 7 Plus (with more than 14 thousand) and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 (with 13,618 users).
“Xiaomi has begun to block some of its latest smartphones that are in Cuban territory. The same thing happens for the inhabitants of Syria, who have begun to receive a message on their smartphones that makes it impossible for them to use the device,” the specialized page Xiaomi Addicts said this Thursday.
The news generated concern among many Cuban Internet users who saw that their mobile devices from the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi were suffering blockages on their smartphones, located in Cuba through their geolocation applications.
The site stated that "at the moment it is unknown if these are just isolated cases or if Xiaomi will begin to block all devices found in these regions, especially in Cuba where a large number of the population has a cell phone from the company".
After the first reports of the strange event, the cell phone workshops in Cuba have been filling up with customers wanting to have their phones unlocked, the owner of one of these businesses in Havana toldCyberCuba, who assured that the blockades began this week, although it is possible to unlock them and not block them again if a "good job" is done.
"The Xiaomi sold them for a specific country, but if you go to another country their operating system has a service that when you connect it to the Internet, it locates the equipment and sees that it is where it shouldn't be and that's where it blocks."
"For example, the Chinese versions of Xiaomi that were sold only in China when they were taken out of there, that happens. It's their thing. They must still have a list of prohibited countries, including Cuba," he added.
Everything indicates that the cause of these blocks responds to the application of Xiaomi's terms and conditions, which are explained on its website.
Xiaomi's terms and conditions clearly state that “the Agreement and all Products are subject to applicable export control laws, including, but not limited to, the export control laws of the US and those of its own jurisdiction. the client's. Customer may not export any Products purchased from Seller to any country, territory or region if prohibited by export control laws. “Prohibited countries and territories include Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Sudan and the Crimea region.”
According to programmer and youtuber Erich J. García Cruz,To have their phones operational again, users only have to perform five actions:
1. Do not update the system.
2. Install firewall and prohibit system update.
3. Verify that the mobile is global, not regional.
4. Go to a workshop to unlock the bootloader.
5. Consider flashing global Custom ROM.
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