(OT) Re: Android stats

[Joe Lewis Wilkins]

Andre, thank you. Very infomative. Not too far out of line for the basics I mentioned. I've been impressed with almost everything I've heard about Brazil. Is your "IRS" actually a part of the Government; or as ours, an independent, private, pseudo governmental organization with governmental clout? I suspect not. My apologies to the list for not taking this off-line, but I thought others might be similarly curious. Please don't extend this thread any longer on the list.

Thanks, Joe Wilkins

On Feb 6, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:

> Hi Joe,
> 
> Price varies wildly. I am on a medium city 20 minutes from Rio, I live
> on the prime part of it, so I pay more than people who live 1 hour
> away from me, a lot more.
> 
> A milk bottle with 1 liter will cost you about about USD 1,50
> 
> A pack of sliced bread will cost about USD 2,00
> 
> We pay heavy taxes, about 60%.for imported eletronics. The Brazilian
> IRS takes about 30% of my income. we have free schools and free
> healthcare. But people from Class B and up will have private
> healthcare plans and will go to private high schools because they are
> better. Public university is better than private one. The whole
> country takes exams once a year to qualify for entrance, it is very
> difficult.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepetoo at cox.net> wrote:
>> Andre, for perspective: how much do basics such as bread and milk cost in Brazil?
>> 
>> Thanks, Joe Wilkins
>> 
>> On Feb 6, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Andre Garzia wrote:
>> 
>>> Unfortunately, here in Brazil there are a lot of Android 2.1 devices.
>>> They are still popular because they are extremely cheap.
>>> 
>>> Brazilian cheap is not the same as U.S. or Europe cheap. For example
>>> the iPhone 4 here costs 1000 USD with a contract, I don't want to
>>> think what it would cost without a contract. So, by making Android 2.1
>>> device available for USD 200, the carriers make sure they reach what
>>> we call class C and D, class A is rich, class B is middle.
>>> 
>>> Remember that Brazil has the most wide spread usage of mobile phones
>>> in the whole world. Homeless people here living on the slums have cell
>>> phones. iPhones sell like hot cakes and they are more expensive than
>>> laptops. Android is more popular than iPhones, mostly because there
>>> are cheap Android availables.
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:56 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:
>>>> Some info on current Android OS and usage statistics:
>>>> 
>>>> <http://androidcommunity.com/gingerbread-runs-on-73-of-android-devices-says-reseacher-20120201/>