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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by kllrnohj on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @04:20PM (#7026749)
Android is free AND has widespread driver support from SoC vendors. Firefox OS uses more hardware resources to achieve the same tasks and has less vendor support. In fact, what little driver support it currently has from vendors comes from the fact that it's actually sitting on top of Android (a fact that's often ignored).

Which one is low-cost again?

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by RussianCow on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @05:29PM (#7027289)
I don't mean cost in terms of software efficiency. I mean that Firefox phones are generally going to cost less (in terms of money) than Android ones. As a plus, you don't have to tie your phone to any company's services (Google, Apple, etc). And don't forget that Firefox OS is much newer than Android, so you really can't compare them side-by-side like that.

Let's drop the dramatic fanboyism, hmm?

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Re:Two Huge Companies Betting On Firefox OS by kllrnohj on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @05:45PM (#7027380)
> I mean that Firefox phones are generally going to cost less (in terms of money) than Android ones.

I know what you meant, I was pointing out you were wrong. If the device costs more to an OEM to make (which Firefox OS does), then it's going to cost the user more to purchase. This is basic stuff here...

> As a plus, you don't have to tie your phone to any company's services (Google, Apple, etc).

Android isn't tied to any company's services.

> Let's drop the dramatic fanboyism, hmm?

Er, right back at you?

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