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It's a damning indictment of Symbian's failure that the HN crowd can't summon the energy to debate it. RIP Symbian. You served a purpose, but now it's time to
by auxbuss 16y ago
It's a damning indictment of Symbian's failure that the HN crowd can't summon the energy to debate it.
RIP Symbian. You served a purpose, but now it's time to die.
- davidw 16y agoOk, for the sake of argument: there are a ton of people in the world who cannot afford a high end iPhone or even Android system. Are they not a viable market? I'm not sure whether Symbian is the best OS there, either, to be honest, but I do think that market bears consideration.
- ugh 16y agoDon’t you think that really cheap Android phones will be a possibility in one to two years? That seems plausible to me.
- davidw 16y ago1 or 2 years? No. Lots of cheap (and some that aren't even all that cheap) Nokia phones here in Italy still are still sold with S40, which is the step below Symbian. And that's still in "the west". I don't know what phones are like in places like India, but I assume that the low end is fairly low end...
- ugh 16y agoI have no trouble at all imagining that 100€ (unsubsidized) Android phones will be available soon. You can buy a 210€ (unsubsidized) phone from HTC right now on Amazon. That’s not far off. That’s not a sudden death – I’m pretty sure that you will be able to buy Symbian phones in two years – but I think that there will be far less dumbphones in the future.
- davidw 16y agoCould be. Another thing to consider though, is what Google's going to target with Android. Will they try and keep chasing high-end features, or will they try and go for a more complete range? In other words, I can easily see getting the 200 euro phone for 100 in a few years, but I can also see Android's requirements growing to mean that it needs tomorrow's 200 euro phone to run... Or not! Interesting stuff in any case.
- weavejester 16y agoI've see Pay As You Go (i.e. non-contract) Android phones for 89 pounds in the UK, which is 105 euros. These are fairly low-end Android phones, however.
- StavrosK 16y agoThe HTC wildfire costs 170 EUR, that's cheaper than any Nokia with the same functionality... All my mobiles have been Nokias so far, but the next one is going to be a Desire HD (just waiting for it to come out).