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So no way to get this phone in the USA? Is there a rationale? Mozilla doesn't want consumers in developed economies buying it and complaining it doesn't compe
by parfe 12y ago
So no way to get this phone in the USA? Is there a rationale? Mozilla doesn't want consumers in developed economies buying it and complaining it doesn't compete with an S5 of iphone?
- asadotzler 12y agoMozilla doesn't ship phones. Mozilla partners ship phones. Want Firefox OS phones in the US, start demanding them from the US-based carriers/operators who seem all too happy to focus on upscale users of iOS and Android.
- azakai 12y agoMozilla doesn't build or sell the phone, it just makes the OS. If someone wants to build and market a phone to the US, they could do that. The OS is open source so they could do it with or without Mozilla involvement, even.
- xur17 12y agoIs there anything that keeps someone in India from buying a bunch, and shipping them to the US for resale?
- wtmt 12y agoNothing apart from shipping costs (which may be equal to the price of the phone) and handling payments (which includes trusting people). There's probably a "Raspberry Pi like" market for such devices. This device does seem deficient in (at least) two respects though - a 2MP camera and the absence of 3G. So I don't see non-enthusiasts from other countries really flocking to this one (or the other one from Spice launching tomorrow). P.S.: I'm in India and could send a few across, although I have no idea how much it would cost to ship, the shipping duration, reliability of delivery, insurance costs, etc. Overall, worldwide shipping from one country to another at a personal level is somewhat painful.