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$80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes In Kenya

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-quite-as-tasty dept.

kkleiner writes "Earlier this year, the Chinese firm Huawei unveiled IDEOS through Kenya's telecom titan, Safaricom. So far, this $80 smartphone has found its way into the hands of 350,000+ Kenyans, an impressive sales number in a country where 40% of the population lives on less than two dollars a day. The smartphone is the exemplar of a truly liberating device, and thanks to Android and Huawei, it has the potential to reach virtually untapped markets."

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  1. Ugali phone! by pecosdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring
    Ugali phone!
    Ring Dong Ring Dong Ring Dong Ding
    Not ba-ad phone!

    It comes in one's es
    from skipping lunches

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  2. Re:It's not a bad phone by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny

    With its low-end hardware, this thing barely qualifies as a smartphone.

    Strange. You speak so confidently, and yet with such complete ignorance.

    I actually have one of these phones. Based on available evidence, not only is it most certainly a smartphone, it's also considerably smarter than you.

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  3. Re:Yes it is by damienl451 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, I can point it on the map just fine! It's where Obama was born, right?