India's Cheap Smartphones
India has recently released a bunch of ultra-cheap smartphones.
One smartphone, the Cloud FX, is the first phone to use Mozilla's Firefox OS. At 1999 rupees, it is only $33. But don't get too excited. It has 256 MB ram, and a 3.5 inch screen. It also has a tiny camera. Web browsing makes it crash, along with many other things. Reading the news also kills it. It is a very weak smartphone.
Before you think $33 is cheap, though, you might want to consider the $4 smartphone. Made by a startup company, it looks like an Android and has a 4 inch screen. The phones given to journalists to try looked as if the branding from another manufacturer had been covered up with white-out on the phone’s front. Indian flag stickers covered the rear. The phones used an Android operating system.
Obviously, everyone wants to buy a 'great and cheap' phone from India!
One smartphone, the Cloud FX, is the first phone to use Mozilla's Firefox OS. At 1999 rupees, it is only $33. But don't get too excited. It has 256 MB ram, and a 3.5 inch screen. It also has a tiny camera. Web browsing makes it crash, along with many other things. Reading the news also kills it. It is a very weak smartphone.
Before you think $33 is cheap, though, you might want to consider the $4 smartphone. Made by a startup company, it looks like an Android and has a 4 inch screen. The phones given to journalists to try looked as if the branding from another manufacturer had been covered up with white-out on the phone’s front. Indian flag stickers covered the rear. The phones used an Android operating system.
Obviously, everyone wants to buy a 'great and cheap' phone from India!
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