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Get ready for the FB smartphone, totally free (ad supported) of course!
by person_of_color 6y ago
Get ready for the FB smartphone, totally free (ad supported) of course!
- tallgiraffe 6y agoThey tried it circa 2012/13. It was a partnership with Microsoft/Nokia, meant to get people in developing countries hooked on Facebook at a very low price. The phone was crap though, even by dev county standards. I remember testing it, and everything took foreeeever. On a bright side, it was the same time when FB put a ton of effort into improving their mobile web experience, realizing how bad it was on bad phones with slow networks.
- tedd4u 6y agoSeems like they would need to have a compatible Android fork for this ... anyone know what pieces would need to be carved out and rebuilt for FB to mount a successful effort? Ie they don’t want this to benefit Google in any way. Or is there some other viable mobile OS they could use? Not obvious to me.
- person_of_color 6y agoFuchsia?/