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RE: sciencefriction - short, thoughtful sci-fi stories from India
India's total smartphone user base is going to double to 600 million by 2020
That's pretty cool! I remember reading once about a company that was promising (was it 6 or 8 $ USD smartphones), not sure how that worked out but it seems like many of the un-banked there will benefit by being able to purchase cheap smartphones that allow them to connect to the internet of things. :)
The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.
Haha, the beginning of your story is something relatable to many block-chain start-ups. :)
Looking forward to reading the stories and welcome!
Oh I was actually able to find the post I was thinking of:
Yes, that whole thing turned out to be a bag full of gas. Turns out someone was just putting Indian flag stickers on the cheapest Chinese-made smartphones he could find and pass them off as new. There's always one guy...
The Indian smartphone market is extremely competitive currently. Pretty much every major brand in the world is trying to fight it out. There are 4 major price brackets - The 100 Dollar Smartphone, 250-300, 400-450 and then 700+, where Apple, Samsung and the Google Pixel are currently fighting it out.