Mozilla grows in growing smartphone markets

Cost smartphones that can reach 25 dollars using its software Mozilla, will go on sale in India and Indonesia later this year, he told Wall Journal executive of the company.

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Η Mozilla προωθεί το λειτουργικό Firefox OS για χαμηλού κόστους smartphones σε αναπτυσσόμενες αγορές ως εναλλακτική στο Android και το iOS, και μέχρι τώρα έχει κλείσει συνεργασίες με κατασκευαστές συσκευών και παρόχους για την κυκλοφορία πέντε τηλεφώνων με Firefox σε Ευρώπη και Λατινική Αμερική. Ωστόσο, οι τιμές για αυτά τα τηλέφωνα ξεπερνούν τα 60 δολάρια, κάτι που σημαίνει πως οι παραμένουν πολύ ακριβές για τους περισσότερους καταναλωτές στην Ινδία και άλλες χώρες της νοτιοανατολικής Ασίας, δήλωσε ο Γκονγκ Λι, chief operating officer της εταιρείας σε συνέντευξή του στο περιθώριο της Mobile Asia Expo. «Ένα δολάριο είναι μεγάλη υπόθεση σε καταναλωτές σε αναπτυσσόμενες χώρες. Είναι δύσκολο να πουλήσεις τηλέφωνα που κοστίζουν πάνω από 50 δολάρια σε αυτές τις αγορές».

This is why Mozilla is working with the Chinese company chip Spreadtrum Communications, aiming for a low-cost chipset that paves the way for $25 smartphones within the year.

"With 25 dollars, there is no gap between a smartphone and a feature phone," Gong said. "The attractive price could encourage feature phone users to change them with smartphones."

The company plans to expand its partnerships to include retailers and local brands such as Micromax Informatics in India. Also, according to a post on the company's blog, Mozilla is already working with Intex and Spice, two of the top brands of mobile devices in the country. The company also started a partnership with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom.

With lower prices and a larger distribution network, Mozilla expects the availability of Firefox phones to exceed 10 million in the next 12 months. Currently, according to Gong, the operating "runs" on over one million smartphones.

However, in any case Firefox has a tough "battle" ahead of it because low-cost Android phones are already on the market and other developing markets, while many analysts argue that the operating system's app ecosystem is not as developed as that of its competitors.

As it became known, summer will launch two new devices with Firefox in the summer: ZTE Open II and Alcatel Onetouch Fire E.

Source: naftemporiki.gr

 

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