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Essentially, they have taken up the strategy that Google had back in Oct 2008. There were a lot of early comments from Schmidt, etc that indicated the Android p
by jsight 15y ago
Essentially, they have taken up the strategy that Google had back in Oct 2008. There were a lot of early comments from Schmidt, etc that indicated the Android plan was to compete on the low end of the hardware spectrum.
It sounds good, but I really question how much room there really is down there with the data plan requirements that typically come along with using any kind of smartphone.
Do people really want to pay $100 for a stripped down device when $200 will frequently buy them a full-featured smartphone (with similar data plan prices)?
- Thomaschaaf 15y agoI think this is a US problem. I paid full price for my phone (500€) and have a 6€ dataplan per month, which includes 300 Mb - after that it's 56 kb/s. This is great for most people that just want to do read some news, check facebook and download an app or two. I can pay 10 € for 1 Gb. A phone at 200€ + 6 € per month is something I could get my parents.
- Joeri 15y agoThese so-called low end phones will have twice the specs of the iphone 1. I'm pretty sure they can get good performance out of hardware like that.
- jsight 15y agoYes, that is the problem they are going to run into, IMO. A similar price-point will buy them an Android phone with quite a bit more power than an early iPhone, and a much more mature application ecosystem. So why bother with Windows?