--- title: Mozilla Plans to Sell $25 Smartphones in India, Indonesia description: The U.S.-based company is aiming to be competitive in developing countries canonical: https://time.com/2856862/mozilla-25-dollar-smartphone/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-11T12:09:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:02:29.347Z article:section: Business og:title: Mozilla Plans to Sell $25 Smartphones in India, Indonesia og:description: The U.S.-based company is aiming to be competitive in developing countries og:url: https://time.com/2856862/mozilla-25-dollar-smartphone/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mozilla Plans to Sell $25 Smartphones in India, Indonesia twitter:description: The U.S.-based company is aiming to be competitive in developing countries twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mozilla Will Sell $25 Smartphones in India and Indonesia by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jun 11, 2014 12:09 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jun 11, 2014 12:09 PM CUT You’ll soon be able to buy a smartphone for $25—if you live in India or Indonesia, that is. Mozilla plans to begin [selling a low-cost smartphone](http://online.wsj.com/articles/mozilla-to-sell-25-smartphones-1402466959 "undefined") with its Firefox operating system in emerging markets later this year, challenging Google’s Android and Apple iOS in low-cost regions, the Wall Street _Journal_ reports. The U.S.-based company’s current phones, produced in Europe and Latin American in collaboration with handset makers ZTE Corp., LG Electronics and several wireless carriers, cost above $60 and are too expensive for consumers in India and Southeast Asia, Mozilla said. Mozilla is teaming up with the Chinese chip maker Spectrum Communications Inc. to produce a $25 phone in order to capture the next generation of smartphone users in India and Indonesia. “One U.S. dollar means a lot of things to consumers in emerging countries. It’s difficult to sell smartphones that cost more than US$50 in those markets,” Mozilla Chief Operation Officer Gong Li told the _Journal_. \[[WSJ](http://online.wsj.com/articles/mozilla-to-sell-25-smartphones-1402466959 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2856862/mozilla-25-dollar-smartphone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2856862/mozilla-25-dollar-smartphone/"},"headline":"Mozilla Will Sell $25 Smartphones in India and Indonesia","datePublished":"2014-06-11T12:09:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:29.347Z","description":"The U.S.-based company is aiming to be competitive in developing countries, by creating a smartphone that can be sold for a low, low price","url":"https://time.com/2856862/mozilla-25-dollar-smartphone/","keywords":["Tech","Gadgets","Technology","India","Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2856862/mozilla-25-dollar-smartphone/","name":"Mozilla Will Sell $25 Smartphones in India and Indonesia"}}]}] ```