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Nope. It's actually $33, also in developing countries nobody pays more than $0.01 for a phone on contract.
I'm from a developed country and I don't know anyone who pays for a phone on top of the contract price. It baffles me how in US people get a $50/month contract + they have to pay $200 for the phone. Crazy.
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Hey geomaster! Long time no see... You probably know who I am... That's a great app, mine (Wi-Fi password search) failed since Mozilla didn't want to approve it due to it sending location data to the server, so in the end it never even had the chance to enter the Telenor competition. Congrats on the app and the prizes.
I never imagined I'd run into you here, in all of places! Thanks for all the kind words and, having experienced something of a sort before, I really feel sorry for your situation with the app. I have skimmed through your websites and I see you have greatly improved in a multitude of aspects since I last saw any word from you. Keep striving for greatness, and if you wanna talk, drop me a line (email is in my profile)…
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If the 'problems' are lag and failure to multitask (as listed) then they are only problems of patience, as I mentioned. This does not frustrate anyone; it frustrates folks who feel entitled to the best.
Except a 5 year old Symbian phone is capable of multitask without any issues.
I actually dislike Firefox OS, not because of the lack of apps or the architecture (code a new launcher in hours, without having to learn Java), but simply it was horrendously slow. I had the Geeksphone Keon, as part of the Firefox OS challange from my local mobile carrier, Telenor. I'm ignoring the battery, since this was a developer phone, but it shipped with a corrupted OS that didn't show any icons and I had to u…
Go Firefox OS! Save the world from the "apps"!
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Is is the same as the ZTE Open C Firefox Phone? because I tried it and it's pitiful. IIRC it's £60 in the UK. Don't bother with that phone, it's useless.
Seriously? It's my main phone. It has drawbacks, clearly, but it's quite sufficient for my needs.
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Ouch: The Good •Per-app privacy controls. Block an app from seeing your location, contacts, or a host of other things on your phone. •It's cheap! •No really, have you seen how cheap it is? It's $35. Off contract. That's like, really cheap. The Bad •The software—Firefox OS was a totally inappropriate choice of operating system for this hardware. There are literally zero considerations for the speed and memory of the C…
Much of the bad is cultural. Americans are impatient with devices, and feel frustration/anger when they don't get instant gratification. Others are more adaptable, more patient, and content to learn to use the device as it must be used to work correctly.
This comment reads like a sarcastic "It's not a bug, it's a feature." If the phone is terrible compared to the competition, people aren't going to be patient and adaptable--they're going to buy the competition.
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Much of the bad is cultural. Americans are impatient with devices, and feel frustration/anger when they don't get instant gratification. Others are more adaptable, more patient, and content to learn to use the device as it must be used to work correctly.
The phone performs poorly, and the excuse is to blame the "impatience" of Americans? This comment reads like a sarcastic "It's not a bug, it's a feature." If the phone is terrible compared to the competition, people aren't going to be patient and adaptable--they're going to buy the competition.