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> Go apps are stripped down version of their normal counterpart. They're slightly smaller, but the update model is still a total mess. You can never uninstall
by StudentStuff 9y ago
> Go apps are stripped down version of their normal counterpart.
They're slightly smaller, but the update model is still a total mess. You can never uninstall the baked in Google Apps, and updates are extremely bulky (basically storing a 2nd copy of each Google app).
> Android Ones is still going well in places like India
The #1 & #2 non-Apple phone manufacturers are totally uninterested, and Xiaomi (the current Android One leader) is effectively banned from India after spying on millions.
Nokia, the #3 phone manufacturer (excluding Apple), is showing tepid interest in Android One:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/25/hmd-android-one-nokia/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/25/hmd-android-one-nokia/
But yet they're also bringing back FirefoxOS since low performing Android devices at high price points aren't pushing great volume: https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/kaios/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/26/kaios/
> With Android Go any hardware can be used.
Sounds like a great way to orphan a device with no software updates!
- toast0 9y agoThe hope for running Android go versions on a nicer phone isn't to save space (nice phones have plenty) or make updates not suck (that's unlikely to change), it's that the experience might be faster because it's doing less.
- bruceb 9y ago>Xiaomi (the current Android One leader) is effectively banned from India after spying on millions. How are they banned? they have the best selling phones in India. They now beating Samsung https://www.neowin.net/news/xioami-trumps-samsung-in-indian-smartphone-market-share https://www.neowin.net/news/xioami-trumps-samsung-in-indian-...
- billfruit 9y agoI don't think Xiomi is banned in India, they are still available.