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For $55 you can get a Chinese android phone(and there are new chips that might take the price down to $35). Google can't reduce this price any further.

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That's what I mean. Get a Google-blessed phoneless version of one of these things - something like a Galaxy Discover or other crappy 3.5" phones but without the anemic processor or pointless rear-camera.

Call it the Nexus 3, sell it for $100 - same price point as the iPod Nano, but with actual wifi and a real OS instead of being a pure media player. Sell a nice little boxed set at Costco of a Nexus 3, ChromeCast and a charging dock for the Nexus 3 device at Costco for like $140.

Why does it need to be phoneless? Just don't put a SIM in it

I'm curious about these $55 Android phones, what are they called? Also what are the new chips that could bring them down to $35? Even just the names would be enough to point me in the right direction and would be appreciated.

Phone(Malata I60 ) [1], chip [2].

[1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Malata-I60-Android-4-1-Dual-Core-M...

[2] http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=13208...

When the question is "where can I find suppliers of generic Chinese ________?", the answer is always "Alibaba".

http://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-android-phone.html?Sea...

Do they actually just let you order now? I know for the longest time most of the stuff there you could only just send and "inquery" and they'd ignore you if you were looking to just buy a single unit of something. I usually hit DX.Com for "I want something cheap and Chinese and partially-functional".

Yes, that's basically what AliExpress is -- Alibaba wholesalers willing to ship as few as 1 unit.

You can get a Kyocera Rise (ICS) from Amazon for $35.

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