The Feature Phone Is Dead: Long Live the 'Basic Smartphone' 243
zarmanto writes: "The numbers have been telling us for a while now that (formerly expensive) feature phones have been slowly displaced by more feature-rich, high-end smartphones. Thus, it should come as no surprise that the other end of the market is also receiving active encroachment by low-end smartphones. Now, ARM is suggesting that it's actually quite conceivable for OEMs to produce a 'smartphone' for as little as $20 — as long as you compromise a bit on those things which actually make it a smartphone in the first place. So, is this just more graying of the line between smartphones and feature phones? Or is this an indication that the feature phone (as we used to know it) is finally well-and-truly dead?"
Re:WTF Is "Dead"? (Score:5, Funny)
it means phones that do more than basic calling, and often have installable applications, but aren't based on the iPhone/Android touchscreen designs
Ah! So Blackberrys then.
Re:WTF Is A "Feature Phone"? (Score:5, Funny)
What makes a 3D TV "proper"?
It only gets wholesome channels. It'll show Little House on the Prairie, but you'll get a blank screen if you try to watch Game of Thrones.