John Sculley's Company Obi Worldphone Launches New 'MV1' Device in UK

[lowendlinux]

But they stopped being "just a phone" about a decade ago. Now they're small computers we carry everywhere with us, that happen to have an app that can make and receive phone calls. It's kind of astonishing how thoroughly the devices that really were just a phone have disappeared from the mobile landscape in the past decade.

To me it's just a phone..

 

[MyopicPaideia]

This isn't really surprising, is it? I mean if we look at profit margins, it was always a matter of time until lower cost phones with similar quality started to catch on.

I mean theoretically an exact iPhone replica with the exact same hardware and build quality, but running something not iOS could be sold at 25% profit margins and make a company (like Xiaomi for example) a ton of money.

 

[CarlJ]

To me it's just a phone..

Are you needlessly paying for a data plan, then?

 

[lowendlinux]

Are you needlessly paying for a data plan, then?

Nope I surf the web..

My phone is just phone meaning it's not in any sense a priority when spending money if $150 dollar phone will do what I need then that's what get purchased.

 

[weckart]

But upside down

Well, it is running Lollipop, after all.