{"id":2801,"date":"2013-04-02T08:48:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T08:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:01:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:01:24","slug":"could-facebook-finally-be-launching-a-phone-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/could-facebook-finally-be-launching-a-phone-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Facebook Finally Be Launching a Phone? (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb10\">The possibility of Facebook releasing a Smartphone is not something that has recently popped up in the press. We have seen rumors and Photoshop mock-ups appearing throughout the whole of 2012 and even 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2802\" alt=\"Facebook Phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/facebook.jpg\" width=\"593\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/facebook.jpg 593w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/facebook-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2802 lazyload\" alt=\"Facebook Phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20593%20544%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" width=\"593\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20593%20544%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 593w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/facebook.jpg 593w, https:\/\/c9ac71a8282e1fecd95e-f07dbcddcacf0d4c572ea7178ee6902d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/facebook-300x275.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/facebook.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><strong>Could we now be closing in on turning rumor to truth?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Facebook have invited members of the press to their California HQ to view their \u201c<strong>New Home On Android<\/strong>\u201d which has been widely speculated as a new phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">The press event does not take place until Thursday this week, but sources close to Facebook have teased us with a few rumors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">Facebook are allegedly revamping the Android platform with built-in Facebook functions that will be hosted on a HTC handset (such as the One).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">As we all know, Facebook is huge (<strong>1.06 billion monthly users<\/strong>) and most people will own their own Facebook account so having these type of features available on a phone will be a big plus point. If sharing, status updates and easy access to the Newsfeed is improved then we could be in for a treat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">You only need to look at the stats that Facebook revealed not all that long ago:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><strong><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1445\" alt=\"point\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1445 lazyload\" alt=\"point\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2010%2010%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\"> 680 Million Users come from a phone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><strong><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"point\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"point\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2010%2010%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/point.png\" class=\" lazyload\"> 618 Million Users come from a desktop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">This shows how important mobile is becoming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\"><strong>Will a Facebook based phone give Apple a run for its money?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The possibility of Facebook releasing a Smartphone is not something that has recently popped up in the press. 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