ultra-cheap Google Android phones are popular in emerging markets — fast

[froggyboy604]

In emerging markets, smartphones are gaining ground based on crazily low pricing. Check out this Gadget piece about recent figures from South African retail giant Pep. In the second half of 2013, 1 percent of the pre-pay phones Pep sold were smartphones. That was up to 13 percent in the first half of this year, and soon it will be 30 percent. Much of this is down to the arrival of super-cheap, WhatsApp-centric Android phones priced as low as R399 ($38)

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It's amazing how Smartphone makers these days can make $38 Google Android smartphones which are about the same price as a 2 inch screen 4GB MP3 player which can play video made by a lesser known brand like Coby.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

It's a lot different from back many years ago where it would cost you a nearly 1000 dollars .