What work is being done to understand the design needs of those markets? On 2 June 2015 at 01:57, Gilles Dubuc <gil...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > The story behind that phone is cool, but I think the important part is the > guy's analysis. This phone is becoming popular because it solves a couple of > practical issues specific to parts of the African market at the moment. > However should someone design a smartphone specifically for that market, > focusing on battery life, I'm sure that these power bank phones would > disappear. > > Thus we probably shouldn't spend energy making something specifically for a > phone like that, whose popularity might drop as fast as it rose when a > better solution to those problems appears. If we happen to have something > that works on that phone and get it on there, great. But spending too much > energy on its might be a little futile, as it might not stick around for > very long. > > IMHO if we make a light app that can work with patchy network, consumes very > little power and works on underpowered phones, basically the least common > denominator, it might find its uses in those places. What I'm quite unsure, > however, is whether the UX and the content we'd deliver would be interesting > to people in that market. We shouldn't let the engineering cool factor of > making a light app be the starting point (it's very tempting!), the users > should be. > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Jon Robson <jrob...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> As long as the app works on it unlike Whatsapp and Facebook.. :) >> I do think it would be interesting to spend a quarter exploring a new >> market to understand how the changes we make can impact our presence in >> places other than the tried and tested USA/Europe etc... >> >> >> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:47 AM, Antoine Musso <hashar+...@free.fr> wrote: >>> >>> Le 29/05/2015 04:43, Adam Baso a écrit : >>> > Sharing to mobile-l >>> > >>> > On Thursday, May 28, 2015, Rachel diCerbo >>> > <rdic...@wikimedia.org >>> > <mailto:rdic...@wikimedia.org>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Not certain if you guys are aware of this: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > https://medium.com/product-notes/the-mystery-of-the-power-bank-phone-taking-over-accra-344adbb56919 >>> ` >>> What a great phone! >>> >>> Would be nice to have the Wikipedia app preinstalled as well. If it is >>> not powerfull enough, the Wikipedia lite app that has been showcased >>> during the Lyon hackathon would be a good candidate. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Antoine "hashar" Musso >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >
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