Japan to get blinged-out Firefox OS phone draped in GOLD

KDDI will be the first Japanese mobile carrier to bring Firefox OS to Japan – but its first Firefox OS phone will arrive at an unusual price point for Mozilla's open-source OS: 50,000 yen, or around $415. While most Firefox OS partners have been shipping devices with humble specs at rock-bottom prices, KDDI's entry, dubbed the …

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, yes

This could tempt me to finally buy a smartphone.

[goldcd]

Doesn't tempt me.

If you're actually going to pull the trigger on this, then do so, and tell me (I might want a PDF of your receipt, being a doubting man).

Speaking for the rest of us - why would you??

Even if you're suitably paranoid, it's not a major problem to root and lock down an android (or I guess iOS) phone, and actually end up with something useful.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Doesn't tempt me.

Even if you're suitably paranoid

You want a copy of a receipt as proof of purchase for a phone that I said I like and you think I'm paranoid?

[Mitoo Bobsworth]

Looks cool...

...but does it blend?

[Montreal Sean]

Re: Looks cool...

Yes it blends, but only with a ninja!

http://www.amazon.com/Ninja-NJ600-Professional-Blender/dp/B003VWXXXK

[Anonymous Coward]

I see this ending like AU's winphone offerings did: It'll be on the shelves at the AU shops for one "season" and then will be quietly removed to make way for the new season of Android devices.