The Covid-19 commonly referred to as Coronavirus has taken the World by storm, infecting hundreds of thousands of people across the Globe, it has forced us to change the way of doing things as well. Social and economic impacts of the Pandemic are not ignorable and every business seems to be affected by it. Companies are working tirelessly to come up with ideas of facilitating their customers in these difficult times.
Most of the cities around the World are partially locked down and people are encouraged to exercise social distancing and not going out except for emergencies. Like every other industry, the Smartphone manufacturers are also not prone to the Global effects of the Coronavirus. The display centers and service outlets of the majority of Smartphone makers are closed in most parts of the World.
However, in order to compensate for this a number of Smartphone makers have extended the warranty of their devices. The companies that decided to go an extra mile for their customers so far include OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, OnePlus and Realme. customers during this lockdown. Xiaomi is also providing email, chat and social media support to aid customers that have issues with their devices.
Luckily we have enough technological resources at our hands so the World has not completely stopped even in these difficult times. Everyone is connected and can perform some of the business tasks from their home so the economic activity does not come to a complete halt. Recently, Companies such as Huawei, Xiaomi, Realme, and others hosted online launch events as well.
The Smartphone manufacturers are investing their technology and resources to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Several companies such as Xiaomi and Vivo are donating N95 masks to the Health Professionals. All we can do to make through this situation is to practice social distancing, physically isolating ourselves from the outside World and washing our hands frequently.