Shipments of under $150 unsubsidized Android models to hit 339 million by 2015
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The company's Research Director, Allen Nogee, says that low-cost Android phones will be at blame for the widening of the dreaded fragmentation that has been a pox on the platform. Nogee says that most low-cost Android phones will be released with Android 2.2 or Android 2.3 aboard and despite the price, offer a good amount of features, memory and processing power. Android 4.0 requires handsets to have more a more powerful processor with larger memory which makes it very unlikely to see Ice Cream Sandwich in a low priced Android unit. And that leads to a big gap between high and low-end Android models.
In-Stat's report, Less is More: The Worldwide Emergence of Low-Cost Android Smartphones, predicts that low-cost Android models will continue using the EDGE network in coming years and have processors clocked at 600MHz or less under the hood as those cost less than $10 per unit. The report also suggests that manufacturers will use the "gray market" to buy some parts to avoid having to pay royalty or licensing fees for parts under patent. Companies expected to compete in this segment include Motorola, Huawei, Samsung, MicroMax, Spice and ZTE
source: In-Stat via BGR
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14 Comments
3. iShepherd posted on 26 Oct 2011, 19:57 2 0
Was I imagining things when some of your posts a while back actually seemed reasonable? Have you gone back to being a lunatic?
I like how Android offers manufacturers the ability to cater to different markets, not just the market where people like to pretend they're rich.
Considering my feature phone from 6 years back cost $199 off-contract and ran a proprietary OS with barely any 3rd party software, these $150 phones are cheaper and a thousand times better even if they never get upgraded beyond froyo. Most apps on the market are still compatible with froyo and will probably stay that way for some time.
4. willardcw4 posted on 26 Oct 2011, 19:58 2 0
iOS will never have a majority of the market unless they cater to those 'users' you're talking about... Good job at being 2nd place..
5. networkdood posted on 26 Oct 2011, 20:19 2 0
BTW, I did not rate your comment, taco bell.
So, you mean the same market that the free iphone 3GS and 99.99 iphone 4, both 8GB, cater to? I mean, look at the Atrix 4G for 99.99 - that sucker is dual core with more memory - far better deal than those iphones I just mentioned....
6. networkdood posted on 26 Oct 2011, 20:25 2 0
Even the captivate is free to 99.99, depending on where you look, and that is a better phone then those lower priced iphones.
9. networkdood posted on 26 Oct 2011, 20:52 2 0
Both Atrix phones and the Inspire....free to 99.99.
13. networkdood posted on 27 Oct 2011, 00:00 0 0
of course, this article is on unsubsidized ANdroids and I was mentioning subsidized...my bad.
7. Sackboy117 posted on 26 Oct 2011, 20:37 2 0
mommi! mommi! look at dis!!1, eric schchchchmitdddt had his face on the penny!!!! mommi! mommi! apple will sue bechchchcauze steve jobs had his face on the $100 bill first!!!mommi!!! MOMMY!!!! wers my water gun >:-(
10. remixfa posted on 26 Oct 2011, 20:53 3 1
if you ever got your head out of your ass you would realize that the bulk of the non US/europe world is made of poor countries. Africa and china being chief among them. 99.9% of those people cant afford expencive phones. So this is a good step in the right direction to start getting all those people connected to the world more, which will increase their education, and help them find ways of making their lives better with access to the internet and other features of smartphones.
And i know your a diehard ibot, but a 150 no contract android phone has more features and abilities than your 3gs. Judging by that standard, your 3gs should be free OFF CONTRACT. Try voice commands and 3d turn by turn directions on a 3gs or even a 4... or heck, the 4s still doesnt have real navigation. but yet.. all these cheap androids you are making fun of does.
who is more dumb? the person buying the cheap android that does 80% of what the nicer ones do, or the person buying the over priced iphone that doesnt even do what the cheap androids can do?? hmmmm..
and they have the same sized screen!!! lololol
12. ivanko34 posted on 26 Oct 2011, 21:17 4 0
hey Taco at this price you can now buy a cellphone and stop pretending you own an iphone
14. Johnny_Mnemonic posted on 27 Oct 2011, 03:41 0 0
Is that all you got taco cabana ? Ignorant like always
