A poor country manufacturer of its own android tablet, why can't the Philippines do the same?

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http://ph.news.yahoo.com/photos/impoverished-haiti-manufacturing-its-own-android-tablet-1395037981-slideshow/

I know what you will tell me, its because we have a corrupt government. I am tired of reading corruption is the root of our problems. Although it is part of it, but why can't we manufacture computer gadgets or android tablets like Haiti, who is probably much poorer than the Philippines. There are also corruption in Haiti, just like the Philippines full of angel's and demon's. We have so many IT experts plus computer engineer graduates every year. We cannot come up with an assembly line to produce and make cellphones and tablets like those in Haiti? Who knows 2 years from now, Haiti will be the next high technology country in the western hemisphere. One of the problem we have is this crab mentality or talangka IQ system, that instead of boosting other people's initiative or ideas, others try to bring that person down to the ground. Always tells that he or she is the better person than others. Selfish instead of selfless. We have also this type of people here at this section, who put TD or thumbs down to people they do not like. It is like a gang of thieves or hoodlums that reign supreme over others. I get the usual 5 TD's and Clncarplz also get her share of 4 TD's. You call this progress if you are an intellectual guy?

This is a wake-up call to us as Filipinos to make use of modern technology and make the best out of it. If Haiti can do it, I think we can do better.

ΣΨξ Θ∱ ЯΛ · Accepted Answer

because in their country, they don't have enough brands to compete with the popular expensive ones. so they have to make a cheaper tablet for themselves to compete with their current market.

if we do the same here, there are more cons than pros. 
high labor cost, business and maintenance cost, transport / shipping cost for raw materials, electricity / utility cost. there won't be any profit left.

★Spotter★ · Answer

In Haiti, with $200,000 in start-up funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and using imported Asian components, the factory produces three models all with 7-inch (18-cm) screens that run on Google Inc's Android operation system. They range from a simple wifi tablet with 512 megabytes of RAM for about $100, to a 3G model with 2-gigabytes of memory for $285.

"A product such as SÃ»rtab shows that Haitians are not just destined for low-wage, low-skilled jobs," said John Groarke, country director for USAID. "It's the sort of high-skilled job that the country needs to work its way out of poverty."

This is what the USAID is doing for Haiti.

For the Philippines, USAID is doing this - http://www.usaid.gov/philippines and this http://manila.usembassy.gov/us-agencies2/united_states_agency_for_international_development2.html

Personally, I believe that the Philippines is getting more in USAID.

So who is the government employee or politician who should spearhead this project just in case?

clncarplz · Answer

Yes they are able to do make them.
They make Cherry Mobile cell phones already (it is a good cell phone) so it is a simple step to making an Android tablet.

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A poor country manufacturer of its own android tablet, why can't the Philippines do the same?

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