Android One - Indian Companies in limelight!!!

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Source : http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/25/google-io-keynote-liveblog-2014/

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I agree. But still, I love India/Indians in spot light :).

Also, isn't everything made by chinese OEM's?
 
Re: Android One, why not Moto included? My concern would be the A.S.S; going by the horror stories of these three companies, would it not hurt Google that these devices would be more of use-and-throw devices.

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I agree. But still, I love India/Indians in spot light :).

Also, isn't everything made by chinese OEM's?
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Everything as in? Most of the other OEMs have manufacturing units in China, are you referring to that?
 
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Re: Android One, why not Moto included? My concern would be the A.S.S; going by the horror stories of these three companies, would it not hurt Google that these devices would be more of use-and-throw devices.
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Moto is in Lenovo's hands now.

I don't think Google cares much about how Android is going to be impacted by these cheap knockoffs. They've established Android as a viable platform and will continue to do so in the future by adding more features and reacting to market changes quickly; in this case addressing the rise in demand for cheap smartphones, driven by the change in preference of customers in developing countries to move away from feature phones.
Everything as in? Most of the other OEMs have manufacturing units in China, are you referring to that?
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They design on their own and get the hardware manufactured from China. Indian companies on the other hand choose any one of the cheap Chinese-branded smartphones and rebadge it as their own.

Nokia, Samsung, Apple, Lenovo, and almost all major hardware companies have manufacturing units in China.
 
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The first news of this year's Google I/O is a new initiative that the company calls Android One. The smartphone program strives to provide a unified feature set tailored-made for the market the phone is launching in.
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The first smartphone to be part of the Android One comes from Micromax, one of the most popular smartphone brands in India. Its Android One smartphone packs features that are most important for users there. Those are FM Radio, Dual SIM support, microSD card and a low price.

The Micromax smartphone from Android One will cost under $100 - cheaper than the Motorola Moto E. The new smartphone also packs a 4.5" display, but Sundar Pichai didn't specify neither its resolution, nor further specifications.
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The Android One program guarantees that the phones that come out of it will run on the most recent Android release, as Google will push updates to those phones similar to the way it handles GPE devices.
Sundar Pichai shared that besides Micromax, phone makers Spice and Karbonn are also taking part in Android One.
 
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I don't have a problem with Western companies getting their phones made cheap from China cause of manufacturing cost issues, but (today) why can't Karbonn or Micromax have their phones made here? Are they so greedy that they must look towards China like everyone else to maximise profit? No point even setting something like this up and starting something in India?
 
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RD274 said:
I don't have a problem with Western companies getting their phones made cheap from China cause of manufacturing cost issues, but (today) why can't Karbonn or Micromax have their phones made here? Are they so greedy that they must look towards China like everyone else to maximise profit? No point even setting something like this up and starting something in India?
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The amount of R&D required to build a single smartphone is a big deal for Indian companies. Starting from designing the interiors & exteriors to acquiring the SOC & necessary modules, then modifying the kernel source & building custom android for the device.
It is easier to sell rebranded phones.
 
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Whatever it is. Competition with some official google support is good and it's the end user who is benefiting. So i'm all in. Gone are the days when price used to denote the value a phone would give. Masses are the market and their needs are being fulfilled by these absolute vfm phones.
 
RD274 said:
I don't have a problem with Western companies getting their phones made cheap from China cause of manufacturing cost issues, but (today) why can't Karbonn or Micromax have their phones made here? Are they so greedy that they must look towards China like everyone else to maximise profit? No point even setting something like this up and starting something in India?
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1. They are not doing it for charity nor is it a question of patriotism. I don't see any reason why they have to manufacture in India when there are cheaper alternatives available.

2. Nokia setup a manufacturing plant in India. See how its working out for them. Just because we have a budget deficit, companies like these are frequently made the scapegoats to get money.

India is a hell hole for such ventures. Anybody foolish enough to setup manufacturing would suffer because they would be at the complete mercy of the Govt and the people and we all know how unpredictable both are here.
 
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It is pure business. If one thinks patriotism then also think about the massive red tape and unpredictability and corruption (any) government will bring. And moreover if it can be done cheaper in China, why not. Makes Business sense.
 
Ofcourse China is cheap(er) and ofcourse it would be a nightmare to start something like that here in India, but if not these so-called big companies then who else will undertake it and start something. We have potential and we can't remain a country famous for manufacturing clothes and call-centre employees :(
 
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Ofcourse China is cheap(er) and ofcourse it would be a nightmare to start something like that here in India, but if not these so-called big companies then who else will undertake it and start something. We have potential and we can't remain a country famous for manufacturing clothes and call-centre employees :(
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and missiles and rockets and software.
 
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