Playing games isn't important.Having an affordable device that can deliver mobile access to the internet, video, GPS, twitter etc to the masses is pretty powerful stuff.
Wait what. You consider a cheap android to be $500?
So you're talking about Apple then?5 years and 6 phone. You fucking tell me bro.Android phones with fucking old school Gingerbread are still be made and used, on hold hardware, and run really well.
That is a lot cheaper compared to the phones at the 1000$ mark. Android phones cheaper than that and you might as well get a cheap Nokia phone because the screen is too small or it is too far out of date. At the $500 dollar mark one can pick up the slightly outdated but still pretty good Galaxy Nexus.
U8815Also this looks awesome for the price: http://huaweimobile.co.nz/ascend-g600$400Android v4.04.5" qHD Touch Screen8Megapixel Camera w/ Dual LED flash1.2GHz Dual Core ProcessorI just blew your $500 theory out of the dick-flavoured water.
It's probably best you take another look at what Android offers at certain price brackets.I have a $250 Huawei. 1GHz, 4" screen, Adreno GPU, 5MP camera. Runs amazingly well with ICS.
U8815Also this looks awesome for the price: http://huaweimobile.co.nz/ascend-g600$400.
Not to mention, if you are willing to directly buy it from china yourself, you can pick up above spec phones even cheaper (sub-$300). Androids are by far superior for the middle market.
Link? The last time I looked at the 300$ bracket was when the P500 was 200$ The Galaxy Nexus is 468$ish so I rounded up, would still rather pay the extra 70$ for a flagship device to get a greater amount of support from Google, CFW devs and app devs.
It's so thin and so light, yet iPhone 5 features a larger display, a faster chip, thelatest wireless technology, an 8MP iSight camera, and everyone would try to have an iphone 5.
Apple's Biggest Rival In China Sold Out Its New Phone In Just 3 MinutesROB PRICE YESTERDAY AT 8:30 AMThe launch of the rising Chinese technology giant Xiaomi’s latest mobile phone has been a resounding success, Android Central reports, with the Mi Note selling out just three minutes after it went on sale on Tuesday morning.We don’t know how many devices were sold, but Xiaomi has received more than 220 million reservations for the mobile device (though these won’t all translate into sales). The company is aiming to sell 100 million devices in 2015 — a substantial jump from the 61.1 million sold in 2014.Xiaomi is sometimes described as the “Apple of China,” and it has been criticised for producing devices that bear remarkable similarities to those of the Cupertino company. Apple design boss Jony Ive has labelled the designs of Xiaomi’s phones as “theft.” But for the Mi Note, Xiaomi eschewed Apple’s aesthetic, instead opting for a simple, elegant glass design. (CEO Lei Jun even mocked Apple’s designs during the Mi Note’s unveiling.)The Mi Note also boasts impressive specs, packing more RAM, a bigger battery and a more powerful camera into the Mi Note than is in the iPhone 6 — at a significantly cheaper cost. The Mi Note starts at $US370, while the iPhone is $US749 for the lowest-spec option. Early reviews of the Mi Note are also highly positive.
