Thread: What's the best Handheld gnu/linux machine for 2016?
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2016-07-10 , 18:38
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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
Could you please expand on that argument? I do not quite follow. If they were to target the average Joe, they would put an average OS on it. By using a niche OS, they are already targeting a niche audience.

There are reasons why small players cannot make top-notch devices hardware wise, but catering for the average Joe is not one of them, IMO.
Of course. There are two cases.
1. BRICS-oriented Sailfish phones. Ok, here you've got me, indeed niche. But, e.g. Intex Aqua Fish has such a price! And I'm pretty sure the BRICS governments are pouring some money to make the world a less Googly place.
2. The rest. Usually there are two variants of the phone released. One with Android. The other with $ALTERNATE_OS_NAME. (See the Ubuntu devices, Turing phones)
If the niche system doesn't sell, they can just change the software, and sell as an Android device. They can possibly win the niche at low risk.

The average Joe doesn't care about the name of the OS, how well the system is designed. He cares about how slim the device is, how pretty, how much can he impress his friends, whether he can make a good quality selfie at a party and put it on Instagram without hassle. And get $HIS_FAVORITE_BUT_UTTERLY_USELESS_APP_GEEKS_SIMPLY _USE_BROWSER_FOR (got so Java!)
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