Sure, but even stupid peasants are mostly literate (Google says 96% literacy rate), and of course with written Chinese, dialect isn't really that important.
And of course they want phones, to talk to their cousin/son/whatever that manufactures iphones for $.50/hour in Shenzhen.
I thought that I'd heard some pretty compelling OS sales pitches in my time; but "Perhaps the #1 choice of impoverished peasants buying their first finite state machine!, if we can get the OEM deals through" simply redefines my expectations of what is possible in the genre. What could possibly be more thrilling than that?
They're most likely illiterate, speak a local dialect and don't have the means or desire for the device. /cynicism
Or maybe they are an underserved market that could really use better communication. http://www.businessinsider.com... [businessinsider.com]
Sure, but even stupid peasants are mostly literate (Google says 96% literacy rate), and of course with written Chinese, dialect isn't really that important.
And of course they want phones, to talk to their cousin/son/whatever that manufactures iphones for $.50/hour in Shenzhen.