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Aren't smartphones starting to penetrate third world countries?
by BlueTemplar 6y ago
Aren't smartphones starting to penetrate third world countries?
- chrisseaton 6y agoYes. Is that relevant? Their data is often cheaper than ours!
- BlueTemplar 6y agoWhich 'ours' ? Cheaper compared to the income & cost of life ? With the median world income being $30/month, I doubt so !
- chrisseaton 6y ago> With the median world income being $30/month, I doubt so ! First of all, this isn't even true - it's around $240/month. https://news.gallup.com/poll/166211/worldwide-median-household-income-000.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/166211/worldwide-median-househo... Second, people living in those countries aren't buying US data plans at US prices are they? You don't live in the Congo but shop for your data plan at a California strip-mall, do you?
- BlueTemplar 6y agoOh, right, I confused median with '1 dollar per day' extreme poverty line : https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty Which should be around 5% these days. > Second, people living in those countries aren't buying US data plans at US prices are they? You don't live in the Congo but shop for your data plan at a California strip-mall, do you? Ok, so what are these prices ? https://www.cellularabroad.com/packages-congo.html#tabs-2 https://www.cellularabroad.com/packages-congo.html#tabs-2 That's $100/Go for 3G. (Which is still 10 times cheaper than my first data plan !) But I suspect that this website is directed to rich westerners, anyone from third world countries here that might shine a light on this issue ?
- 411111111111111 6y agoI pay 19.99 € for 10gb and unlimited G3 after (Germany). It varies wildly between countries. I know some eastern nations that have 50gb G4 for 10-15€, which is about as much as you'd pay for 1 meal in a pretty cheap restaurant.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoYou consider Germany and eastern (Europe?) to be third world nations ??