The only thing that costs less is the free android OS, which counts (on average) 20% of a phone's total cost. Imagine free symbian OS coming out... what's the advantage here?
The cheap phone will probably not arrive any time soon, what we will see initially will be $499 phones similar to HTC kaiser or TyTN. The hardware cost will go down, but it will not be an overnight drop. Personally I think a cheap android-based phone will be out close to end of 2009 when hardware is cheaper and os is more stable ;) On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Muthu Ramadoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I strongly hope Android phones can run on cheap dumb phones to expensive > smart phones. That's the only way to take global market share right now. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
