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pbasistatoday at 10:50 AM2 repliesview on HN

No one suggests that open and developers-friendly phones should be expensive.


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neyatoday at 10:52 AM

I agree, but they always will be expensive because they are a niche. Same reasoning as phones that focus on one niche (like photo/videographers) always end up being super expensive (eg. Xperia from Sony).

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tokioyoyotoday at 10:52 AM

A good chunk of cheap hardware is subsidized by ads and data sales.