First Firefox smartphones hit SA

[Kevin Lancaster]

First Firefox smartphones hit South Africa

Smartphones running Mozilla’s Firefox OS have come to South Africa

 

[Baxteen]

that is a very good price actually.

 

[ThinkCentre]

Would like to test one! Early days but give them a fair chance!

 

[Sparhawk]

Nice to see alternative options, now when are we going to see the Ubuntu Phone old Mark has been going on about or was that canned?

 

[cfilorux]

Touch screen support without the inconvenience of a touch screen

Nice to see alternative options, now when are we going to see the Ubuntu Phone old Mark has been going on about or was that canned?

I thought the ubuntu mobile thing was just a way of killing off Gnome. Didn't it work?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

512Mb RAM?

Pass.

 

[LCBXX]

Too expensive.

 

[konfab]

No Whatsapp voice, Skype or Google Hangouts. Now I know why these phones are being pushed by the likes of MTN .

 

[konfab]

512Mb RAM?

Pass.

What are you planning on doing? Simulating Cape Town's weather?

I get away with 1 Gb on my tablet and it runs full windows 8.1.

 

[karnuffel]

Apple must be happy with the look of the phone....

 

[Praeses]

It has better specs than my previous phone (Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S), would be interesting to see how well FirefoxOS runs on it...probably better than Android since it's designed for low-specced devices.

 

[Ockie]

But Firefox OS still does not support WhatsApp. That is just ridiculous.

 

[backstreetboy]

Over R2000 for that POS specs? I'll pass...

But Firefox OS still does not support WhatsApp. That is just ridiculous.

Can probably use Whatsapp Web and pair it to a real aka Android smartphone

 

[werner]

pity...
the ZTE Open C wouldve been my first choice for a firefox phone, especially because it can run kitkat too.

 

[cleask]

But Firefox OS still does not support WhatsApp. That is just ridiculous.

ConnectA2 is available on FireFox OS and is a whatsapp client, no voice though

 

[dell25]

that is a very good price actually.

The Alcatel OneTouch Fire E is available at selected MTN outlets on prepaid and on the MTN MyChoice 25 contract for R89 per month.

Did I miss the prepaid price?

The device is available at selected outlets on prepaid for R1 699 and on contract for R89 per month on the MTN MyChoice 25 package.

~ Fin24

 

[Easter Bunny]

if it's like the browser, then you won't get annoyed while waiting for updates like with android. firefox releases a new version every 83 seconds.

i wouldn't mind one of these. i'll be in the market for a work phone soon, but i actually want something with good battery, but cheap. i'll go scour the web for details on this one.

 

[Fudzy]

What poverty spec crap is that?

 

[Shaydi]

I've been waiting to get my hands on a FF phone but other devices in that price range have more RAM so I'm not sold on it yet.

 

[Beachless]

if it's like the browser, then you won't get annoyed while waiting for updates like with android. firefox releases a new version every 83 seconds.

i wouldn't mind one of these. i'll be in the market for a work phone soon, but i actually want something with good battery, but cheap. i'll go scour the web for details on this one.

If its like the browser it will need 16gigs of ram.