What is /g/'s consensus on the $4 smartphone?
how long until they hand out these spying devices for free? how long until it becomes mandatory to carry them around like your id card?
>>55507841
hopefully sooner rather than later, I've never been able to afford one
Looks surprisingly fine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGe9Hr_9YEU
>>55507890
The iOS clone skin, and iPhone clone build, are disappointing. No need to make it a knock-off.
I can afford it despite spending $700 on a GPU for a PC I only use to program, shitpost, and play RuneScape Classic.
Which is nice.
>>55507806
poo
>>55507806
It's a fake, obv
>>55507841
Someone phone Maduro in he's paying too much to track PSUV queers.
>>55507841
Reminds me if the movie kingsman...
>>55507806
I rather just use a dumbphone
>>55507806
This phone is literally made for shitposting
>>55507890
>will come with some pre-installed apps
>such as women's safety
kek
>>55507912
Pajeet reporting in.
I haven't looked into the Freedom 251 myself, but I'd say it's a smart move. Having an iPhone here is a status symbol, a device that shows that you're rich, at least in one of the major cities.
At the price point of $4, the demographic they're targeting is the tech illiterate = people who wish they were rich enough to own an iPhone.
>>55507986
typical pajeet move so that more poojas will buy the phone
>>55507806
POO
>>55507806
Not actually $4. They are sold at a loss as a marketing stunt. They cost over $50 to produce.
It should be interesting to /biz/, not to /g/.
>>55507806
Curry Phone v1.0? They were asking for compensation from Indian government for the loss, weren't they?
>>55508382
I assume they're selling at a big loss.
The cheapest feature phones on GearBest are ~$10 (actually look quite nice - http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_203606.html - might order even though I have no use for it, like a lot of chinkshit I buy...)
$15 gets you a colour screen and camera feature phone. Something comparable to this 251 would be $40 at least.
>>55508502
They reduce the loss somewhat with the preloaded programs, but it's still a big loss.
It's fairly cheap as marketing stunts go, though. They're selling 500,000 units at under $50 loss per unit. $25 million ain't bad for the vast amount of exposure they've gotten.
