KaiOS takes on the Apple-Android mobile duopoly

The company behind the software, also called Kai and based in Hong Kong, designed it for smart-ish phones—with an old-fashioned number pad and long battery life, plus 4 connectivity, popular apps such as Facebook and modern features like contactless payments, but not snazzy touchscreens. Reliance Jio, a network that has upended the local mobile industry with heavily discounted 4 data plans, sells subsidised, Jio-branded phones that use Kai software. Even if Kai software powers another 70m devices this year, as the company expects, that would be barely one-twentieth of the 1.5bn Apple and Android phones sold annually.

Source: www.economist.com