How to Buy $100 IEDOS Android Mobile Phone
That is the question I have for you today. How can I buy the $100 Android smartphone from Huawei if I don't live in Kenya? I ask this question as a North American jealous that Kenyans are getting the hottest technology before me. I ask this as a friend of African developers in Ghana and Nigeria who are lusting after this phone, and asking me how they can get it. I ask it becuase.. do I need more reasons?
So how can we non-Kenyas get the $100 Android mobile phone? I propose 2 ways:
- Would an enterprising & trustworthy Kenyan please set up a quick friend-to-friend export scheme. We buy phones, you give them to friends going to USA, they send to us when here.
- Would Huawei please recognize that its a global market & stop country-specific pricing. We all want hot, cheap technology, regardless of our passport. Market segmentation like this just pisses off potential customers - from Arusha to America.
Only then can I get back to my day-job and stop dreaming of great little gadgets that work in more countries than my rocking hot, but locked iPhone.
Availability Update
@WhiteAfrican reports that $100 IDEOS Android smartphones will be available in Kenya the first week of October:
Wayan Vota
InveneoWayan Vota is a technology expert focused on appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) for rural and underserved areas of the developing world. He is a Senior Director at Inveneo and is the editor of ICTworks
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Am going to get one of these!
Submitted by John Kibuuka (not verified) on Fri, 09/10/2010 - 08:41A headline in one of our dailies announced that these super-cheap phones would soon be available in KE. Without a 2nd glance, a friend of mine pounced on the paper and bought it immediately. I suspect, they will be grabbed in the same way, as soon as they become available to the public! Hopefully, they will keep producing more & making them available everywhere in east africa else i'll not hesitate to cross the border just to couple of androids ;-)
Me too!
Submitted by Wayan Vota on Fri, 09/10/2010 - 08:55I've already asked a friend of mine to buy a bag full the day they come out and put them on the next plane to DC so I can sport the newest technology here. At $100, they will make perfect Xmas gifts to my fav coders.
Problem with your blog!
Submitted by Jairus (not verified) on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 18:39I simply couldn't post on ur blog... your spam filter is too much... you probably lose many users comments..
Too bad
Submitted by Wayan Vota on Sat, 10/30/2010 - 11:34Jairus, sorry you're having problems posting. Maybe try to comment in a way that is less spammy. Others don't seem to have your issue.
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