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Why don't you use those ones, out of curiosity?

• jokoon 7y ago
  Because they're often full of malware or bloated with other stuff.
  • ethbro 7y ago
    > Because they're often full of malware or bloated with other stuff. I wonder why they're able to be sold more cheaply?
    • dylz 7y ago
      One thing of note is that many of the cheapo Android phones that are also high-spec don't necessarily come with malware from the factory - that $79 price is the real price, running AOSP. They will happily sell you it for the real price! But if you live in a different country, your only choice might be through reshippers/resellers, who will root the phone and install their own malware onto the system partition for $1 in profit, seal it back in its box, without the factory's knowledge. This happens somewhat-frequently.