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Re: Low-cost Firefox Phones Could Bring Bitcoin to Developing World
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on 04/09/2014, 05:32:36 UTC
Quote from: cryptocoinsnews on September 02, 2014, 10:08:08 AM
Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox web browser and Firefox OS, recently launched its first smartphones in India for the affordable price of $33. The phone is known as the Intex Cloud FX, and it could do more for Bitcoin adoption in the developing world than any of the high-profile startups in Silicon Valley.

Read the full story here: http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/news/low-cost-firefox-phones-could-bring-bitcoin-developing-world/2014/09/02

Will this be a changer for how Bitcoin transactions are sent?
There are countries in Africa that already have most of their citizens using smart phones that are several generations of technology old. They use these phones for mobile payments. I don't see any reason why 3rd world countries need to use the latest and greatest in terms of technology or smart phones.