In another sign that Asus isn’t as attached to its ZenUI software for smartphones as it used to be, the company has unveiled its first Android GO Edition smartphone. Hot on the heels of the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 with stock Android software, Asus has introduced the Zenfone Live L1 with Android Go edition […]
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Meizu’s first Android Go smartphone probably isn’t coming to the US
So there’s good new and bad news for folks that like the way Chinese phone maker Meizu designs its smartphones, but don’t like the Flyme OS user interface that the company slaps on top of Android. The good news is that Meizu plans to launch an Android Go edition smartphone, which means it’ll have entry-level […]
$80 ZTE Tempo Go smartphone with Android Go is now available in the US
The ZTE Tempo Go certainly doesn’t look like a very good phone. But with an $80 price tag, it’s a cheap on. And as the first Android Go smartphone to go up for order in the US, it promises slightly better performance than you’d expect from another phone with similar specs. That’s because, like all Android […]
ZTE launches $80 Tempo Go smartphone with Android Go
The ZTE Tempo Go is a budget smartphone with entry-level specs including a 5 inch, 854 x 480 pixel display, a 1.1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. But this $80 smartphone is also one of the first to feature Android Go. That means it’ll ship with a […]
Nokia 1 with Android Go coming in April for $85
HMD is joining the Android Go party with a low-cost phone called the Nokia 1. As expected, it’s an entry-level phone that’s positioned as an upgrade for feature-phone users. In fact, with an expected price of $85, it’s actually cheaper than the new Nokia 8110 4G feature phone. The Nokia 1 is expected to hit the […]
Alcatel 1X is one of the first Android Go (cheap) smartphones
Google announced last year that it was developing a version of Android and some key apps that would be optimized for low-cost smartphones. Now TCL is introducing one of the first phones designed for the Android Go platform. The Alcatel 1X is a budget phone with kind of crappy specs… but the point is that […]
Google launches Android Go, optimized for low-end smartphones
Budget Android phones are a lot better than they used to be, and you don’t have to spend a ton of money to get a phone with a decent display, processor, and other features. But there are still some entry-level phones that ship with 1GB of RAM, limited storage space, and hardware that can affect […]
Google unveils Android Go: optimized for entry-level smartphones
Google has been working with smartphone makers over the past few years to offer entry-level devices with decent performance and updates delivered straight from Google. The initiative is called Android One… and it’s been a bit of a mixed bag, since Android One phones have had to compete with cheap phones that aren’t part of the program. […]