Mozilla aims for the emerging world with plans for the $25 smartphone

    Mozilla aims for the emerging world with plans for the $25 smartphone


    Posted: 25 Feb 2014
    In Barcelona today, Mozilla announced its Firefox OS plans for the next year. The highlight: plans for a line of smartphones starting at $25 each, bringing HTML5-powered smartphones to billions of people who can't afford more expensive devices.

    Central to this plan is a partnership with Chinese fabless semiconductor designer Spreadtrum. The company has designed a trio of chipsets built around the ARM Cortex A5 processor.

    While a $25 smartphone might be a step down from the high-powered phones of Samsung and Apple, Mozilla is positioning its new products at an audience that currently only has feature phones. As such, it's not a step down, it's a step up.
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  2. marsmimar
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    Hmm ... $25 smartphone, and an undisclosed monthly cell phone plan from ... who? (Or whom.)
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  4. SIW2
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    Latin America might be a good market for them.
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  5. Britton30
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    marsmimar said:
    Hmm ... $25 smartphone, and an undisclosed monthly cell phone plan from ... who? (Or whom.)
    Prezactly, now they can have a semi=smart phone and even less food.
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