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The Pepsi P1 Smartphone Takes Consumer Lock-In Beyond the App (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: On the 20th of October Pepsi will launch its own smartphone in China. The P1 is not just a cowling brand, but a custom-made device running Android 5.1 and costing approximately $205. At that price it's almost a burner, but even so it represents new possibilities for a brand to truly control the digital space for its eager consumers in a period where mobile content-blocking is becoming a marketing obstruction, and where there is increasing resistance on Google's part to allow publishers to push web-users from the internet to 'the app'.
You either have no children, or are in the 1% (or, naturally, both).
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
They seemed not to have learned from Amazon's failure. The only buyers of this device are probably those who will replace the adware with a custom rom.
I saw this over the weekend and simply shook my head thinking "what is the goal here Pepsi?"
And looking at the specs, it isn't anything that hasn't already been done before (and better) for less. Unless they are going to be giving these away as some weird promotion I don't get it (right now).
Here is the one real question I have, how is a Pepsi phone going to make people drink more Pepsi?
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
I'm going to wait for the BRAWNDO phone.
BRAWNDO! The thirst mutilator!
If you can think of a $200 phone as a "burner", then you are the 1%. Congratulations! But can you try not to be such a dick about it?
The translated page for the first link is awesome:
Pepsi also do phone 5.5 inch screen priced at 1299
At 09:33 on October 11, 2015 Lei Feng network
Since soy sauce king also do hand ring, do any cross-border trade products have become rare. Recently, news that a beverage company to do a mobile phone. Recently, certification account named Pepsi phones coming microblogging Authentication information is "Science and Technology Co., Ltd. Shenzhen play crazy." Yesterday, the official micro news release said:. "Recently, a lot of information about PepsiCo phones on the network, thank you for your attention, through communication and cooperation within the company, next Tuesday we will bring more surprises for everyone."
"I light my cigars with $100 bills, so a $200 phone is almost a burner! BULLY!"
People dumb enough to eat and drink junk food probably aren't going to use the phone the way you would like them. Using an app to find your products is way too much executive function and effort.
love is just extroverted narcissism
Submitter must be a privileged Silly Valley cocksucker who has never experienced a minute of hardship in his life.
I'm going to wait for the BRAWNDO phone.
BRAWNDO! The thirst mutilator!
its what plants crave
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There is a difference between freedom of sexual expression and freedom to be sexually exploited.
The "Feminatzi"s you deride are generally in favor of the former, while opposed to the latter.
Do we have to reach the smart phone event horizon before the singularity?
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
On the 20th of October Pepsi
How much did that pay to rename that?
That reminds me, though, not long until Thanksgiving in November-Facebook. Then I'll have to start thinking about buying Christmas gifts before the 25th of December-Coca-Cola...
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
Pasteurizing milk literally kills it. Whole, raw milk is shelf-stable, and perfectly safe to consume. Left too long it simply turns into cheese. Once processed however, after a mere few days it grows highly toxic mold and fungus at a rate in direct proportion to the amount of processing (whole vs 2% vs skim). Interesting, no?
Pasteurizing milk wasn't done to piss goofball foodies off. It was done as a public health measure. Look up Listeria and see if it's 'perfectly safe'.
TL;DR - read the quote from the Wikipedia article:
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says improperly handled raw milk is responsible for nearly three times more hospitalizations than any other food-borne disease outbreak, making it one of the world's most dangerous food products.[15][16] Diseases prevented by pasteurization can include tuberculosis, brucellosis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and Q-fever; it also kills the harmful bacteria Salmonella, Listeria, Yersinia, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli O157:H7,[17][18] among others.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Notice, no battery specs! Why? Because it runs on Pepsi! Requires 10oz for a recharge that lasts about 4 hours.
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More disturbing is that people are going to pay to be subjected to ads. That's why I don't have a television! Why the hell would I want a phone that's going to try to make me do things I wouldn't normally do? That makes no sense to me.
On the other hand... If the stats are right and the device is rootable...
WTF? I've enough of the damned things already and don't use them. I've bought a half dozen tablets and hate every one of them. I've probably bought more. I don't even like my phone and the feeling is mutual.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
We didn't really evolve to do *anything* so much as we evolved and by sheer shit luck and the process of elimination we've managed to not go extinct.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."