Releasing only low-budget hardware is probably not the best strategy to break into the existing market. That is, phones like these are doomed to be used by people who aren't even aware of what kind of OS the phone uses as long as it's labeled smartphone and comes with a cheap plan and a facebook app.
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I don't know. It sounds like a good strategy to gain market-share in a post economic-crisis, recession-stricken Europe.
You wont get a generation of still-unemployed-at-30 spaniards to buy your €600 phone when they have trouble getting ends to meet. A €60 smart-phone however, that stands a chance.
Also the rest of the developing world, especially Africa, where Firefox OS looks like a very strong replacement for Blackberry and Nokia feature phones.
I said <only> low-budget. This worked great for Android (including postponing brand-building) but things have changed and since this target group probably doesn't care about openness I see little arguments left.
I agree , in my opinion this phone is(should be a) a geek phone. People in developping countries usually have feature phones or cheap android phones ( that can get as cheap as 60 USD .
Just a guess, but I suspect that the FirefoxOS phones in developing countries will be priced ~60USD.