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Here are some reviews of the phone: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/mobiles/First-impressions-Intex-Cloud-FX-Firefox-OS-phone/articleshow/40868366.cms

Here are some reviews of the phone: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/mobiles/First-impressions-Intex-Cloud-FX-Firefox-OS-phone/articleshow/40868366.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/mobiles/First-impres... http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/reviews/intex-cloud-fx-indias-cheapest-smartphone-first-impressions-581818 http://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/reviews/intex-cloud-fx-india... GSM, Camera, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, Bluetooth, FM radio in a $33 device with a screen and 128MB memory?!?!

nsomaru 12y ago
From the Times review: "The phone needs constant connectivity to the internet, which could be a downer." Indeed. Especially due to: (1) affordability of data to the targeted segment (2) choked networks (I'm looking at you, Mumbai) (3) non-existent networks (4) weird 'in country' roaming that bundles don't transfer across, sometimes even within states (Mumbai, Pune) I've lived in India for a few years, and travelled in relatively rural local trains during the morning commute. There are lots of cheap Chinese Androids and some Samsungs too. The connectivity was intermittent and lots of people like doing stuff on their phones on the train, especially the more tech-inclined folks.
- fabrice_d 12y ago
  Except that all the preloaded apps and many that you get from the marketplace work offline: all the resources are cached locally and evicted only when you uninstall the app. This misconception that "using web technologies" == "you need network access" is hard to correct unfortunately.
- daleharvey 12y ago
  Just to clarify to "constant connectivity to the internet" That specifically refers to the Everything.me powered web search, all the core functionality of the phone works and behaves as you would expect it to offline And in the current versions of firefox OS, the Everything.me integration has been reworked to provide a better offline experience.
  - darklajid 12y ago
    Plus, you can disable that abomination (at least on my Flame I did that, after someone on HN told me how to do that). For me that was like a crazy version of Google, where Ads and crap content were more prominently shown than interesting stuff - just without the ability to have AdBlock in place. Everything.me was (see above, I could turn it off) the single absolute 'Cannot bear to use this system' feature. It's horrible. Take the last paragraph, imagine bad things and it is probably worse. (I'm outing myself as a Fx OS fan elsewhere [1], I own a Flame, I want that platform to succeed. But if things are crap .. I kinda feel that it's worth mentioning that) 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8149060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8149060
- tr0picana 12y ago
  This caught my eye too. Also the phone doesn't have 3G. I can't imagine an always-connected phone performing well on Edge.
  - rhelmer 12y ago
    Apps are built using web technologies like HTML5 and JS - this doesn't mean the phone is "always-connected", the review is incorrect on this point. Some apps are offline, some are only online, many are both. This is just like other popular smartphone platforms.
  - jsudhams 12y ago
    it costs way too much for 3g in developing country like India, right now I have Rs.199 unlimited 2G and works fine for everything on 4.2 inch android phone. (Whatsapp, facebook and email and may be flipkart are apps i use most )

nsomaru 12y ago

From the Times review: "The phone needs constant connectivity to the internet, which could be a downer." Indeed. Especially due to: (1) affordability of data to the targeted segment (2) choked networks (I'm looking at you, Mumbai) (3) non-existent networks (4) weird 'in country' roaming that bundles don't transfer across, sometimes even within states (Mumbai, Pune) I've lived in India for a few years, and travelled in relatively rural local trains during the morning commute. There are lots of cheap Chinese Androids and some Samsungs too. The connectivity was intermittent and lots of people like doing stuff on their phones on the train, especially the more tech-inclined folks.

fabrice_d 12y ago
Except that all the preloaded apps and many that you get from the marketplace work offline: all the resources are cached locally and evicted only when you uninstall the app. This misconception that "using web technologies" == "you need network access" is hard to correct unfortunately.
daleharvey 12y ago
Just to clarify to "constant connectivity to the internet" That specifically refers to the Everything.me powered web search, all the core functionality of the phone works and behaves as you would expect it to offline And in the current versions of firefox OS, the Everything.me integration has been reworked to provide a better offline experience.
- darklajid 12y ago
  Plus, you can disable that abomination (at least on my Flame I did that, after someone on HN told me how to do that). For me that was like a crazy version of Google, where Ads and crap content were more prominently shown than interesting stuff - just without the ability to have AdBlock in place. Everything.me was (see above, I could turn it off) the single absolute 'Cannot bear to use this system' feature. It's horrible. Take the last paragraph, imagine bad things and it is probably worse. (I'm outing myself as a Fx OS fan elsewhere [1], I own a Flame, I want that platform to succeed. But if things are crap .. I kinda feel that it's worth mentioning that) 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8149060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8149060
tr0picana 12y ago
This caught my eye too. Also the phone doesn't have 3G. I can't imagine an always-connected phone performing well on Edge.
- rhelmer 12y ago
  Apps are built using web technologies like HTML5 and JS - this doesn't mean the phone is "always-connected", the review is incorrect on this point. Some apps are offline, some are only online, many are both. This is just like other popular smartphone platforms.
- jsudhams 12y ago
  it costs way too much for 3g in developing country like India, right now I have Rs.199 unlimited 2G and works fine for everything on 4.2 inch android phone. (Whatsapp, facebook and email and may be flipkart are apps i use most )