[deanhills]

I've heard of that western people don't like red very much as they link it to bleeding and violence.I don't quite know the people's opinion there,but I think there must be a reason for this.

If I go by popularity of blood and gore movies, Dracula movies, violent TV shows and games in the West, I'd say people of the West love blood and violence! If there is a rational explanation I'd guess that maybe manufacturers did a marketing test, and the search results favoured other colors over red. I know that metallic colors are very popular. I've seen white, pink, green and yellow in phones. Even orange. But maybe red is not seen as a dignified color.

[mzltest]

If I go by popularity of blood and gore movies, Dracula movies, violent TV shows and games in the West, I'd say people of the West love blood and violence!   If there is a rational explanation I'd guess that maybe manufacturers did a marketing test, and the search results favoured other colors over red.  I know that metallic colors are very popular.  I've seen white, pink, green and yellow in phones. Even orange. But maybe red is not seen as a dignified color.

That's my opinion.They should have researched the colors and finally not decided to produce a red phone.If they produce a phone of a special color that means it will be produced in high volume but if this color is unsalable then it will be a loss to the company.So they will only satisfy their target customers most,and producing the colors they like.

Back to the color red,as you might heard before,is a good color for us which is used in many celebrations.Maybe so do they think in Korea.

[tryp4vps]

...... What they do this unfair market strategy? 
If I like RED color why I should be unable to get it? Only because I am not chinese/korean? It is crazy.

I do agree that it is a very unfair market strategy. What I often hear from news is that quite some smartphones are very cheap but they are available in Indian market only.

I think the smartphones producers shall at least offer choices for other non-Indian to buy this kind of cheaper phones. These smartphones are probably less powerful but are still good enough for general uses.

[xdude]

This reminds me of my old Samsung S4 phone. It was brand new with a box and everything but it was already 2 phones behinds since Samsung S6 was already out when I bought it. I was surprised to find an aerial antenna on it, which won't see but need to detach when you want. I was told it's the Korean model which was made to be sold only in Korea. I guess it must be because of government regulations or something. Because international models don't have that.

[debjit]

In India, every dollar costs near 75, Import duty on electronics is nearly 30% and GST is 28%. That's a huge add ons on every electronic. The gov is subsiding in house factory so no more import duty.
So as you guessed every market needs a different gadget, in India its the best value for your money. Cheap but a branded piece of tech sells more than high price less value tech.
Samsung, oppo, mi everybody makes different country-specific phones.
And it's not limited to Asia, you can get some phones specifically made for the USA, UAE and other countries.