Indian phones are weird

It's Peter-Paul Koch. He's well known for providing painstakingly detailed tests and compatibility tables on browser capabilities and web standards support, particularly js.

I'm not sure what stats are like for users of the specific devices he's looking at here, but India's a big market: I'm guessing browser compatibility here is going to be of some interest to more than one or two folks.

Re: Indian phones are weird

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Post by _Marak_ » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 10:46 PM UTC

Slightly related, one of the worst things about the Indian phones and telcos are the spam advertisements that have subscription opt-ins by default.

Essentially, you will get several sms messages a day which if you accidentally hit one of the keys on your phone ( which is actually very easy ), you get billed $1 every week ( think daily fortunes / love poems / etc ). It's very easy to accidentally opt-in to several of these.

To opt-out of these advertisements you need to find a hidden number on the telcos website, send an sms message, and wait 10-14 days until the advertisements stop.

I have to think that the telcos are taking in millions of dollars every month from these spam ads.

Re: Indian phones are weird

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Post by freshyill » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 11:02 PM UTC

sofaofthedamned wrote: post #3

ysh7 wrote: post #2

Not sure, what was the point of this post.

Yup, it's bizarre random blog crap.

You should try doing two seconds of research before making stupid statements like that. The work that Peter-Paul Koch does is actually very valuable for many web developers, and people care about his perspective. But I guess if you're lazy, you can just call it bizarre random blog crap.

Re: Indian phones are weird

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Post by freshyill » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 11:03 PM UTC

ysh7 wrote: post #2

Not sure, what was the point of this post.

If you find it pointless, then why do you comment on it?

Re: Indian phones are weird

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Post by DS_Store » Mon, Jul 04, 2016, 11:10 PM UTC

Dees nuts

Re: Indian phones are weird

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Post by blackoil » Tue, Jul 05, 2016, 12:49 AM UTC

Most Indian company started with no technical capabilities, they bought complete package from Chinese OEMs and handled only marketing, distribution and service. As the grew larger, they added technical teams and have more control on the phone.

So possible for Intex, OEMs added Chromium browser since they don't have Google in China, then added Google play services with Chrome, and finally has a marketing deal with Opera to add it as only browser on main screen.