25-dollar smartphones with Firefox OS will appear this year



    True, so far only in India and Indonesia. This was announced by the head of Mozilla Corp., adding a few details about the devices, which should soon go on sale.

    Previously, the company has already announced its intention to release 25-dollar smartphones in developing (and not only countries). But the reality was slightly different, and the cost of equipment / assembly raised the price bar to $ 60. And this is too expensive for emerging markets, where smartphones with Firefox OS were planned for sale.

    60-dollar smartphones went on sale, but the company did not abandon the idea of ​​releasing 25-dollar gadgets. To reduce the cost of devices, it was decided to conclude a contract with the Chinese company Spreadtrum Communications Inc.

    This company produces very inexpensive chipsets, which will serve as the basis for budget Mozilla smartphones. It is difficult to expect the possibility of launching productive applications from such smartphones, but the main functions of the device will be performed.

    Mozilla executives hope the release of the $ 25 smartphone will help bring the total number of Firefox OS devices to 10 million in the next 12 months. Now the number of such devices is about a million, which is also a lot.

    The Firefox leadership claims that it is considering the option of releasing its smartphones in China, but there, as you know, there are a huge number of budget Android devices, which are in serious competition with Firefox smartphones. So for now, China is a long-term goal.

    Here is a possible configuration of future state employees (more detailed information about these devices has already been published on Habré ):



    Via wsj

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