Cheap smartphones these days are really, really cheap. I recently picked up a bunch of budget phones with some models selling for as little as $20… but the only reason they were quite so cheap is because they’re carried-locked and designed for use with specific pre-paid carriers. That said, it looks like you can basically […]
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$20 Android phones may be the cheapest iPod touch alternatives available
Smartphones have largely replaced portable media players for most people. It’s been a few years since Apple bothered to update its iPod touch, and it’s been even longer since I’ve seen any other company try to offer a good Android-powered alternative to Apple’s touchscreen media player. Sometimes it can be useful to have a device that […]
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ARM predicts we’ll see $20 smartphones in 2015
Mozilla expects to see smartphones sell for as little as $25 soon. But chip designer ARM thinks things can go even lower. ARM says the first $20 smartphones could launch in the next few months. Don’t expect stellar performance from a $20 phone. But ARM figures you can take one of the company’s Cortex-A5 processors, […]