By the look of things, probably never!
Local manufacturers (Actually assemblers) won't let Xiaomi enter in our Market...
As I stated earlier, no one would buy their ancient garbage MT6582s you see in almost all Qmobiles when consumers can get an upper mid range phone for the same price...
Xiaomi will literally wipe out the likes of Q mobile in a matter of months...
And considering the fact that each and every Pakistani Tech blog runs on funds provided by Q Group, Xiaomi's arrival is next to impossible...
I'm saying it openly that every comment I post against Qmobile on "WhatMobile" gets deleted within minutes by the site moderators! Same is true about various other sites, so apparently Q mobile fund these sites! Even PhoneWorld post mostly Qmobile reviews and and forget about rest of the brands...
Tells something about Q's monopoly and dictatorship, now doesn't it!
Q is like Pak Suzuki of smartphone business... Ever wondered how PS was proudly selling pathetic Mehrans at a premium price for two decades up until now when they're planning on replacing it with a 660cc Modern Car? They would've sold them for another two decades if Japanese Imports hadn't made their way in our Market...
Same goes to AHL Motorcycles... Now Japanese Yamaha is giving their CGs and Deluxe a tough time...
It's all monopoly, brother... There's a good reason behind why Kawasaki, Nissan, KIA, Hyundai and Mazda and a few other well known brands were kicked out of Pakistan! We didn't give them any sort of taxation relief, but on whose order? Whose directions?
Well, we all know who were behind all this!
Secondly, PTA hasn't approved Xiaomi Handsets so far, according to CheezMall... So, needless to say, we have Q's Black Sheep in there too!
Instead of National gain, we think about our own personal gain... The whole nation can just go to hell!
Good Day!