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Comment by jankeromnes | Hacker News Reader

Call me biased, but Firefox OS makes the web run on 25$ smartphones, is fully open and customizable because it's the web, has the biggest "app store" of the world because it runs any web app, is totally royalty-free (just like the other Mozilla projects), and is already being shipped on lots of devices all around the globe. How's that for an open, unlocked and innovation-friendly alternative?

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> 25$ smartphones

Where do I get a 25$ Firfox smartphone?

> has the biggest "app store" of the world because it runs any web app

How many web apps are ready to run offline, e.g. in the subway?

> is totally royalty-free

yes of course and not any patents from Apple, Google, Lenovo/Motorola will be used

> is already being shipped on lots of devices all around the globe

again where?

I like the Firefox very very much but we need someone with money and power to push and even then I doubt that it will be a succes, just look at Microsoft, they have an excellent product but they can't get a foot into the door and again on Firefox OS you need dedicated apps too even if they are web apps.

It's just the reviews on such low cost phones runing FFoS are pretty bad, and once you climb to $65 or $100 , windows phone and android offer much better alternatives.

Most of these reviews are unfair (comparing a 25$ FxOS to devices at 2x the cost or more) but you make a point about FxOS not being attractive for higher-end. That's part of why it's currently being reinvented.

Is there anywhere to buy a $25 Firefox phone? I'd like to get one to try developing on, but can't find any info about purchasing any Firefox phone in the USA.

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