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$20 Cellphones Possible with TI's New Chip

Posted by timothy on from the ever-cheaper dept.

swimgeek writes "Texas Instrument's Indian branch has succeeded in developing a single chip which combines the functions usually performed by multiple chips in a GSM cellphone. By doing so, cellphone costs can be dramatically reduced, thus making cellphones more affordable in developing economies. Nokia has been contracted to make the initial sets, with market launch in as soon as 9 months. More coverage here and here."

2 of 298 comments (clear)

  1. Dupe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Dupe...

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/ 25/1735243&tid=215&tid=100

  2. I'm sure the networks will swallow it by grahamsz · · Score: 4, Informative

    Phone costs will drop, but generally since they are subsidized by your contract you'll never know.

    Also it's worth noting that most of the world use 900 or 1800 mhz cellphones, whereas gsm phones in the US typically run on 1900 mhz - I doubt this chipset will be initially manufactered in US frequencies, although some latin american countries do use 1900.