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Yea but no updates for the rest of the world either. What you get with the phone is basically it, no more updates after that. Now that I think about it, the new

Yea but no updates for the rest of the world either. What you get with the phone is basically it, no more updates after that. Now that I think about it, the new phones won't probably have GApps in general, so no market store -> no apps (I'm sure there'll be a different market app, like Amazon or someone's, but let's get real, who wants that?)

teknologist 7y ago
It'll be easy for them to ship UnGoogled Android because that's what Huawei (and other manufacturers) use on their phones in China. Demand, however, is another story...
- chvid 7y ago
  I would buy an ungoogled android phone - in particular with those specs and price to value ratio. If they are clever they make a version of the required services hosted in Europe and under European law. Many many people would buy that.
divbyzer0 7y ago
This will find appeal among those that wish to minimise their interaction with Google. Having a smartphone (access internet, email etc) with camera is appealing, contributing to large surveillance corporations like Google, Facebook etc is not. This will be a tiny minority of potential users.
- bitL 7y ago
  ...and don't mind unwanted interaction with Baidu or whoever installs non-removable services there.
- arihant 7y ago
  This company is facing trouble worldwide because of their likely involvement with Chinese spying. I don’t think this will find any takers among people who are privacy conscious.
  - divbyzer0 7y ago
    Those who are privacy conscious prefer to be spied upon by TLAs and surveillance corporations? To clarify I'm not in favour of one type or another, but it's unlikely China can have any influence over my life.
    - thelittleone 7y ago
      Wow I’ve been pondering exactly this. China has no influence over my life (yet) and I feel it’s more likely that my information could be used against me by the Five Eyes. Not now necessarily but who knows what the future holds for western politics, surveillance etc.
DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
if they give me something like F-droid or their own market place which endorses FOSS in a better way than what Android originally promised, e.g. minus the Google / Spyware shit preinstalled, then I'd pre-order one now. There is a window of opportunity and massive momentum for this provided they play their cards right (wouldn't hold my breath ... though ZTE on the other hand has been doing not too bad in contributing and supporting FOSS in the past).
simion314 7y ago
You don't get that many updates on most Android phones anyway.
NikkiA 7y ago
The last two chinese android phones I have had came with a chinese app store pre-installed anyway. Now, I didn't trust it enough to use it then, but with how google have been the last couple of years...

teknologist 7y ago

It'll be easy for them to ship UnGoogled Android because that's what Huawei (and other manufacturers) use on their phones in China. Demand, however, is another story...

chvid 7y ago
I would buy an ungoogled android phone - in particular with those specs and price to value ratio. If they are clever they make a version of the required services hosted in Europe and under European law. Many many people would buy that.

divbyzer0 7y ago

This will find appeal among those that wish to minimise their interaction with Google. Having a smartphone (access internet, email etc) with camera is appealing, contributing to large surveillance corporations like Google, Facebook etc is not. This will be a tiny minority of potential users.

bitL 7y ago
...and don't mind unwanted interaction with Baidu or whoever installs non-removable services there.
arihant 7y ago
This company is facing trouble worldwide because of their likely involvement with Chinese spying. I don’t think this will find any takers among people who are privacy conscious.
- divbyzer0 7y ago
  Those who are privacy conscious prefer to be spied upon by TLAs and surveillance corporations? To clarify I'm not in favour of one type or another, but it's unlikely China can have any influence over my life.
  - thelittleone 7y ago
    Wow I’ve been pondering exactly this. China has no influence over my life (yet) and I feel it’s more likely that my information could be used against me by the Five Eyes. Not now necessarily but who knows what the future holds for western politics, surveillance etc.

DyslexicAtheist 7y ago

if they give me something like F-droid or their own market place which endorses FOSS in a better way than what Android originally promised, e.g. minus the Google / Spyware shit preinstalled, then I'd pre-order one now. There is a window of opportunity and massive momentum for this provided they play their cards right (wouldn't hold my breath ... though ZTE on the other hand has been doing not too bad in contributing and supporting FOSS in the past).

simion314 7y ago

You don't get that many updates on most Android phones anyway.

NikkiA 7y ago

The last two chinese android phones I have had came with a chinese app store pre-installed anyway. Now, I didn't trust it enough to use it then, but with how google have been the last couple of years...