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203 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 7 Jul 2023 \ on: Jio Bharat - 4G phone for ₹999 (~$12) with UPI payment support tech
It's a $12 phone in case anyone else misread it too.
UPI appears to be a protocol that banks implement that allow banking to be done on these $12 feature phones.1 It kind of proves how beneficial constraints can be.

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  1. https://www.npci.org.in/what-we-do/upi/product-overview ↩
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @nout OP 7 Jul 2023
I wonder how far are we from something like this $12 phone being able to run a lightning wallet (even if hosted, like WoS...).
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 7 Jul 2023
The protocol they're using probably isn't very special.
You could probably run a stripped down WoS (just functionality) on one of these devices today. I'd guess the main hurdle is app store approval.
1.4 billion potential bitcoiners in India
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DeltaClimbs 12 Jul 2023
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