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Firefox OS is here!!!!

Giuly

Giuly

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

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

Yes, you can actually buy them now.
 
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.
 
maflynn said:
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.
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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.
 
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maflynn said:
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.
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agreed. It would take something extremely revolutionary with a big marketing budget to enter the smartphone world.
 
maflynn said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
I think it looks very cool. :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...
 
typeadam said:
I think it looks very cool. :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...
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That is like saying, "I would buy a VCR....if it was 15 years ago." haha
 
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.
 
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.
 
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Giuly said:
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.
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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?

Giuly said:
And there are lots of people on this planet who A) use a prepaid phone and B) have a phone budget around $100.
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Yes, but those people aren't in the market for a GS4 anyway, so how is this competition?
 
Giuly said:
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.
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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
 
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