It's not every day you see a smartphone running Firefox OS , and it's even rarer to find one with decent specifications. Firefox OS is an operating system dedicated to smartphones and tablets, and designed to run fully compatible with the standards of web applications. It is developed by the creators of the popular web browser, Firefox, and is included on a handful of smartphones sold in parts of Europe, South America, and Asia.
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Until recently, most of the smartphones with Firefox OS have been entry-level devices. But the Japanese mobile operator KDDI has introduced a Firefox OS model which has the specifications of a modern mid-range smartphone, and having the style of most other mid-range smartphones .
The smartphone KDDI fx0 Firefox OS will be launched on Christmas Day in Japan . A nice gift for the Mozilla Foundation, which has high hopes in the mobile operating system.
As for features, the smartphone has a 4.7-inch IPS display with a resolution of 720p (1280 by 720 pixels), a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400, a quad-core chip clocked at 1.2GHz, with 1.5 GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage. Note that this storage is expandable with a micro SDXC card. It has a camera of 8 megapixel rear camera, a front camera of 2.1 megapixels, and a battery of 2370 mAh.
Mozilla describes it as the first "Firefox OS smartphone with high-end specifications" , but it really seems to have the kind of features that we would see on an Android smartphone midrange. Yet it is one of the most powerful smartphones powered by Firefox OS to date. It is also the first to offer support for 4G LTE connectivity.
The fx0 is also the first Firefox OS device to have a transparent background that can see the battery, memory card, and part of the circuit which is under the hood. The mobile operating system Mozilla is open source, and part of the idea here is to present a smartphone that is literally as transparent as Firefox OS can be.
While most of the Firefox OS smartphones are released entry devices, there is nothing on the operating system that may prevent it from working with high-end hardware. Mozilla and its partners have simply targeted developing markets for progressive launch. If fx0 is successful, it could pave the way for more Firefox OS devices midrange, and even high-end devices.
No price has been mentioned, but if Mozilla sticks to his principles, the fx0 should be a relatively inexpensive device when it goes on sale on December 25 on the website of the mobile operator. Other shops will receive the smartphone January 6, 2015.
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Until recently, most of the smartphones with Firefox OS have been entry-level devices. But the Japanese mobile operator KDDI has introduced a Firefox OS model which has the specifications of a modern mid-range smartphone, and having the style of most other mid-range smartphones .
As for features, the smartphone has a 4.7-inch IPS display with a resolution of 720p (1280 by 720 pixels), a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400, a quad-core chip clocked at 1.2GHz, with 1.5 GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage. Note that this storage is expandable with a micro SDXC card. It has a camera of 8 megapixel rear camera, a front camera of 2.1 megapixels, and a battery of 2370 mAh.
Mozilla describes it as the first "Firefox OS smartphone with high-end specifications" , but it really seems to have the kind of features that we would see on an Android smartphone midrange. Yet it is one of the most powerful smartphones powered by Firefox OS to date. It is also the first to offer support for 4G LTE connectivity.
The fx0 is also the first Firefox OS device to have a transparent background that can see the battery, memory card, and part of the circuit which is under the hood. The mobile operating system Mozilla is open source, and part of the idea here is to present a smartphone that is literally as transparent as Firefox OS can be.
While most of the Firefox OS smartphones are released entry devices, there is nothing on the operating system that may prevent it from working with high-end hardware. Mozilla and its partners have simply targeted developing markets for progressive launch. If fx0 is successful, it could pave the way for more Firefox OS devices midrange, and even high-end devices.
No price has been mentioned, but if Mozilla sticks to his principles, the fx0 should be a relatively inexpensive device when it goes on sale on December 25 on the website of the mobile operator. Other shops will receive the smartphone January 6, 2015.