$33 Firefox Phone Launched In India 83
davidshenba writes Intex and Mozilla have launched Cloud FX, a smartphone powered by Mozilla's Firefox OS. The phone has a 1 GHz processor, 2 Megapixel camera, dual SIM, 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen. Though the phone has limited features, initial reviews say that the build quality is good for the price range. With a price tag of $33 (2000 INR), and local languages support the new Firefox phone is hitting the Indian market of nearly 1 billion mobile users.
Re:VS a top of the line 3 year old phone... (Score:5, Insightful)
Try to sell the Galaxy Nexus across India in volume and maybe you can tell us the answer :)
Re:1 Billion Mobile Users? (Score:5, Insightful)
But it's significantly less than competing smartphone alternatives in that market. The price is even lower than many feature phones (most, if you only count dual-sim models) at just Rs 2000.
It's still a big investment, sure, but you're getting a LOT more bang for your rupees.
Re:1 Billion Mobile Users? (Score:2, Insightful)
So think of it as each person in India putting out $1100 for their phone, which they use in lieu of land line, TV and computer.
If you go back three years, that's pretty much what happened in Africa with the $80 Huawei Ideos Android phone.
Android phone for $80 takes Africa by storm
Huawei's Ideos phone has helped spearhead the movement, selling no less than 350,000 handsets in Kenya. Amazing given that nearly half the population makes do on less than two dollars per day.
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Cheap Android phones have changed the way people work and live there, despite Android apps needing relatively beefy hardware to develop. Firefox OS and this phone will have the potential to bring the same real-life improvements, with the added advantage of a much simpler app development pathway.