元器件交易网讯 5月7日消息，据外媒报道，ARM近日表示20美元（约合125元人民币）智能机将在数月内推出。

　　在这个世界并非所有人都能负担起智能机，哪怕是中兴25美元的火狐手机。一个家庭可能仅有一部诺基亚105。但ARM认为智能机将很快普及全人类，20美元的安卓手机将在未来几个月内推出。芯片设计师表示，现有制造技术已无法将成本压到更低。

　　为缩减成本而制造出的硬件自然无法与高价智能机竞争，20美元的智能机不得不采用单核Cortex-A5处理器和2.5G无线数据。此外，49美元的BLU Dash将采用双核处理器。这种谷底价将把移动网络带给所有人，社交网络和网络访问将不再受限。（元器件交易网毛毛  编译）

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　　In some corners of the world, even startersmartphones like the ZTE Open are too costly; basic cellphones such as theNokia 105 thrive in areas where whole families can only afford one device.However, ARM believes that smartphones will soon be within reach of just aboutanyone. While it's possible to make a $25 Firefox OS phone today, ARM nowexpects to see a $20 Android phone within the "next few months." Itmight not actually be possible to go cheaper using current manufacturingtechniques, the chip designer says.

　　This extra-frugal hardware won't competeagainst most budget phones, let alone a range-topping device like the GalaxyS5. The $20 smartphone will have to use a single-core Cortex-A5 processor and2.5G (read: EDGE) wireless data; for reference, the $49 BLU Dash uses adual-core chip. Performance isn't the point, though. A rock-bottom price shouldbring sophisticated mobile computing to an audience that previously had to makedo with calls and text messages -- social networks and the modern mobile webwill no longer be off-limits.