FreedomPop to enter the smartphone market in 2016
Trusted source Re/code believes 2016 will be the year FreedomPop finally enters the smartphone market.
Budget friendly carrier, FreedomPop, is planning on introducing an Android powered handset next year. The company has partnered with Intel for its low-cost Atom x3 chipset. Therefore one can infer that the handset will be more of a budget friendly device. Interestingly, the smartphone will apparently introduce a feature allowing it to easily swap between networks and Wi-Fi. This is very much alike to Google’s Project Fi, which was announced just this past year. Texts and calls will use a cellular connection or Wi-Fi hotspot instead of most phones which use other means. Best of all, FreedomPop is making this free.
FreedomPop’s first ever smartphone is expected to have a price-tag of less than $100, and may go on sale in the early months of 2016. FreedomPop believes it will make a great companion to its unbranded Android tablet, which is already being sold in select countries. Let’s hope it reaches the United States.
Source: Re/code
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