FirefoxOS would be able to compete more effectively if it were installable on higher end devices.
Android has the smartphone market for people who want a device with customisability/moddability, good software support and options for hardware and the flexibility and power of having an accessible Linux system behind the scenes, while the iphone has the locked down walled garden "make all my decisions for me" market.
http://shop.geeksphone.com/es/moviles/9-revolution.html
Still, this is not the moment for Firefox OS to go after high end market.
So I guess not as many are sold with Firefox OS rather than Android, because ALL OF THEM ARE SOLD WITH ANDROID AND NONE WITH FIREFOX OS!
Other than that, instead of talking trash all over the place about Firefox OS, did you even try it? And if it wasn't good enough for you, did you contribute to it? Because you know that half of it is written by volounteers, right? And if you can't code, did you file bugs in Bugzilla, right? Because certainly you are not just badmouthing Firefox OS without a clue of what it is and how it works and doing the best to improve it in order to have a better smartphone ecosystem that would benefit everyone, right?
Wikipedia says it's sold with either and can't dual boot.
>And if it wasn't good enough for you, did you contribute to it? Because you know that half of it is written by volounteers, right?
Ever hear of "throwing good money after bad"?
If I had free hardware, I'd certainly at least test it out and report any glaring bugs, but I don't have any interest in it as a platform. I don't like BlackBerry phones either, but nobody goes "just try them" there (iphones, though, have their own cult around them of course).
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Firefox_OS_Si...
Yeah, it can't dual boot, right.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/21/the-geeksphone-revolution-g...
http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2014/02/21/geeksphones-revoluti...
https://searx.oe5tpo.com/?q=geeksphone%20revolution%20dual%2...
>https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Firefox_OS_Si....
Fair enough. Still, why should I give up my time to test a mediocre and ultimately doomed OS[1]? I probably would if I was paid to or there was some other benefit (even if it was Mozilla saying "test this for us and we'll stop messing Firefox up"), but I'm happy with CM which does what I need including many things Firefox can't.
[1] Plus, there's the question of whether testing on a computer using a mouse and keyboard bears any relevant resemblance to testing with a touchscreen, as no, I don't even own a tablet.
>Yeah, it can't dual boot, right.
If you're so enthusiastic, fix the wikipedia page then ;)
You should contribute in order to improve the whole ecosystem. You should contribute in order to help it keep its promise (http://sergimansilla.com/blog/promise-of-ffos/ ).
You could also contribute in order to stop talking nonsense and gain the right to badmouth Firefox OS.
But ultimately… You said you would if you could. It's up to you: are you honest and can you keep your word?
So if you don't, please, just shut up, ok?