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Yup, like one of the comments mentioned: a Chinese's salary is 600€/month so spending 400€ is exorbitant. Salaries in India and some eastern European countries are equally low. I would've bought it if it were 200 - 300€. FxOS looks promising on low-end market: my Peak is working very well so far :)

I'll wait until Q4/2013 or Q1/2014 to see if they release a cheaper model.

[edit: other EE countries -> some EE countries]

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For the record, India is not in Eastern Europe and the wages and quality of life here are a HELL OF A LOT better than in India.

edit: but yeah, jolla is too expensive.

In some Eastern European countries the average salary is below 450€/month.

Which ones?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_in_Europe_by... (sort by "net $")

Well my point was that a quarter of India lives on 10€/month. But then again those people probably don't buy smartphones.

The government gives you jobs at 2EUR a day for 100 days, this is available to everyone, Your claim that a quarter of India lives on less than 10EUR a month is wrong

Its not really a claim Im just quoting wikipedia

I don't follow your logic. Let's assume the Indian government promises every citizen a EUR 2 salary for 100 days. Most people will have a working career that is much longer than that. Spreading that EUR 60 a month salary over 10,000 days (27-ish working years) is EUR 0,02 a day, a EUR 9,98 a month salary for the other 99% of their working life would bring the average close to EUR 10 a month.

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