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I live in Vietnam. Windows phone is certainly popular here, but I believe (relying on my own biased observations) that iPhone is vastly more popular. While iPhones are sold by official vendors, it's far more popular to buy "hand carry" phones that are imported by individuals. Of the ~10 people I know with iPhones, all are hand carried. They are cheaper than the official vendors (and not recognized in the IDC report).


Windows Phone in Vietnam are more of a cheaper phone (comparable to Android devices) rather than compete directly with the expensive iPhones. For those customers who can afford the iPhone, they will buy the iPhone instead of a high end Nokia Windows Phone.


Gray market imports are probably distorting numbers in the other countries as well.


Which makes me wonder where all those sold windows phones are. Android and iPhone is what I see around here in Bangkok.


Nokia has better low end distribution channels. I would assume all those Windows Phones are in the rest of Thailand.


FYI, the provided email address does not work.


Please :) @gmail.com

Edit: Invited, thanks!


Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / San Francisco, CA

Skunkworks.vn - A 30 person and rapidly expanding mobile app developer working on an unannounced project. Our Primary office is in Vietnam, but we are also hiring out of San Francisco. Please visit our site http://www.skunkworks.vn/careers/ or contact hr@skunkworks.vn

Engineering:

Senior iOS Developer, Senior Mobile Web Developer, Android Developer, Automation Testing Engineer, Technical Writer, Database Analyst Engineer, Linux Systems Administrator

Product Operations:

Customer Experience Lead, Senior User Experience Designer


I've never heard of a Vietnam startup. Are there a bunch of you guys out there?


Not really. Ours is founded by an American who has lived here for 11 years and, having previously founded and sold companies in France and California. It's sort of an American company in Vietnam, more so than a Vietnamese startup :)


Neat.


Do you require a relocation to vietnam if you hire someone from the SF area?


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