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Painfully obvious truths

Painfully obvious truths

Posted Feb 26, 2013 14:09 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
In reply to: Painfully obvious truths by khim
Parent article: Mozilla announces 18 carriers supporting Firefox OS

OK, let me restate: I have not found any sub-$100 phones on Amazon or local retailers, and I am not willing to risk buying a cheap unbranded phone direct from China. (Although I hear that some of those sub-€100 tablets are not bad at all.) In this (admittedly exquisite) of branded, guaranteed category there are no 4.0 ICS phones yet.

The segmentation problem means that in Q4 2013 there will be almost as many Android 2.3 phones on sale as there are now, and that is a real pity. Just look at this chart and extrapolate: Android version renewal is getting slower as time goes by, not faster.


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Painfully obvious truths

Posted Feb 26, 2013 15:23 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

I've seen sub-$100 Android phones in CVS and Safeway in the US. Near stands with various phone cards.

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