Firefox OS is here!!!!

[Giuly]

Enter the first real competitor to the Galaxy S4, the Alcatel One Touch FIRE:

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/

Yes, you can actually buy them now.

 

[TacticalDesire]

I have a feeling it will be popular in emerging markets.

 

[sjinsjca]

Yes, you can actually buy them now.

Okay I'll bite: Why would I want to?

 

[Giuly]

Okay I'll bite: Why would I want to?

You live in South America, India, China or anywhere in Africa where they have cellular technology and aren't too fond of low-end Android or Nokia Asha.

 

[mattopotamus]

that looks like a giant 3" screen

...there literally looks like more bezel than screen

 

[maflynn]

I'd say like the ubuntu OS, this is too little too late. I don't see this gaining traction especially when established players like Blackberry and MS are struggling.

 

[Giuly]

I'd say like the ubuntu OS, this is too little too late. I don't see this gaining traction especially when established players like Blackberry and MS are struggling.

It's a $100 off-contract smartphone, not an iPhone nor even a low-end Lumia competitor. For Sprint (who will carry Firefox OS phones), it will be the king of Sprint As You Go, though.

 

[mattopotamus]

I'd say like the ubuntu OS, this is too little too late. I don't see this gaining traction especially when established players like Blackberry and MS are struggling.

agreed. It would take something extremely revolutionary with a big marketing budget to enter the smartphone world.

 

[mclld]

Enter the first real competitor to the Galaxy S4

lolwhat

 

[skratch77]

In what way is this even remotely a competitor to the gs4?

 

[chagla]

I'd say like the ubuntu OS, this is too little too late. I don't see this gaining traction especially when established players like Blackberry and MS are struggling.

ubuntu touch is a desktop os running on phone. i believe a stable version has been released for Google Nexus 3, 4, and 7. so it's more capable than android/ios/wp etc.

firefox os will be interesting. i almost bought a zte phone for $70 but hardware was very low end.

 

[Jessica Lares]

People are so excited for "adaptive" technology, but they're freaked out at the NSA spying on them. What is wrong with this society?

Yes, I agree, this is dead in the water. Even in emerging markets.

 

[typeadam]

I think it looks very cool.
If these were still the days of Windows Mobile 6.1, Blackberry, and Palm OS, I would jump on it myself.
But in the current iPhone/Android era, the only chance this *might* have is in China, India, etc., but that's about it...

 

[mattopotamus]

I think it looks very cool.
If these were still the days of Windows Mobile 6.1, Blackberry, and Palm OS, I would jump on it myself.
But in the current iPhone/Android era, the only chance this *might* have is in China, India, etc., but that's about it...

That is like saying, "I would buy a VCR....if it was 15 years ago." haha

 

[TheMTtakeover]

Wow that website is put together very well.

 

[streetfoldsfive]

Am I the only one that thinks the os looks extremely dated?

 

[Prototypical]

Enter the first real competitor to the Galaxy S4, the Alcatel One Touch FIRE.

That's kind of a bold statement, isn't it? Or did I miss the sarcasm?

 

[bigjnyc]

D.o.a

 

[Jessica Lares]

Am I the only one that thinks the os looks extremely dated?

It looks like all the feature phones of now, that is for sure.

 

[typeadam]

Am I the only one that thinks the os looks extremely dated?

You mean like previous versions of iOS but with round icons or like any other Android version but with round icons?

 

[ucfgrad93]

I'd say like the ubuntu OS, this is too little too late. I don't see this gaining traction especially when established players like Blackberry and MS are struggling.

Agreed. I don't see this doing well.

 

[DeathTheKid]

Try Firefox OS Today

If you want to try Firefox OS, there is an emulator, that is an add-on for Firefox. I think it is ~50MB. Pretty much you launch the simulator from your Firefox browser. Here is the link.

 

[Giuly]

If you don't see this doing well, look around what kind of new-in-the-box phone $115 off-contract will buy you. If you find something other than five year old Android 2.3 phones or the Nokia Asha 501, then I must've missed something.

And there are lots of people on this planet who A) use a prepaid phone and B) have a phone budget around $100.

 

[Dontazemebro]

If you don't see this doing well, look around what kind of new-in-the-box phone $115 off-contract will buy you. If you find something other than five year old Android 2.3 phones or the Nokia Asha 501, then I must've missed something.

Okay but that still doesn't explain how this is a competitor to the GS4 .... Maybe a feature phone competitor but the GS4? Really?

You sure you don't work for Mozilla?

And there are lots of people on this planet who A) use a prepaid phone and B) have a phone budget around $100.

Yes, but those people aren't in the market for a GS4 anyway, so how is this competition?

 

[skratch77]

If you don't see this doing well, look around what kind of new-in-the-box phone $115 off-contract will buy you. If you find something other than five year old Android 2.3 phones or the Nokia Asha 501, then I must've missed something.

And there are lots of people on this planet who A) use a prepaid phone and B) have a phone budget around $100.

The nexus 4 is a quad core power house the will blow the doors off this pos phone and cost 199 brand new and unlocked right from the Google playstore

You also get a 720p HD display