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Re:The 4$ smartphone by puranjay on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:11AM (#11117584)
> I don't expect a $4 phone to be fast but unless there are some major differences, I think you'd just get $4 worth of frustration

Ah, but frustration arises when you know there's something better.

If you've never used ANY computing device before, you'd think the 20 second delay was normal.

This phone is targeting people who've never used any computing device other than a dumb phone. Some haven't even used dumb phones.

I can't believe people are knocking this phone here for its "eh, it's slow". You are NOT the target market. You are so, so not the target market.

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Re:The 4$ smartphone by dotdi on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @08:37AM (#11117702)
I agree that I am definitely not the target market.

However, if you constantly wonder if the thing is actually doing anything, if it registered your touches, apps disappearing because they were killed by the OS, the whole thing will just not be discoverable or learnable and will be discarded as not useful, even by people who never used another phone.

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