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> tell devs to buy it so they can support firefox phones.

> phone is not what users will have.

how is this better than using the emulator then?

also, how is this any different than the last 4 times this was done?

This phone is designed to be a superset of the hardware of other FirefoxOS phones. In theory, any hardware feature on another phone will also be found on this phone. Additionally, this phone has features like the ability to artificially limit the amount of ram it has, to test other device profiles.

> how is this better than using the emulator then?

Well, the emulator is not quite as comfortable for testing, say, calls, or SMS, or gyroscope, etc.

> also, how is this any different than the last 4 times this was done?

I am not aware of 4 times. However, it is true that Preview/Early Access Developer Phones have been released in the past. This one is not a Preview. IIUC, this one is considered stable.

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