Thanks to its open nature, off - brand tablet makers have been slapping the Google Android
OS on budget devices since long before Honeycomb, often with predictably low - quality results.
Not exact matches
Also, the company has kept a line of
budget devices hitting the market by sticking to Android 2.2 Froyo while most other Tablet PC makers have been releasing tablets that come with dual core processors having high resolution displays and running
on the Android 3.x Honeycomb
OS.
HMD Global is pitching its new
budget phone as a «transition»
device for those moving from feature phones to their first smartphones, with Google's leaner
OS offering a simple, data - efficient version of Android capable of running
on low - cost hardware.
Android One
devices are
devices that are aimed at the
budget spenders in developing countries who want a taste of the stock Android
OS yet they can not get their hands
on the likes of Google Pixel or Pixel XL phones.
Since Android Go is targeting developing markets where
budget devices are mostly in huge demands, the Android
OS on used will be optimized to the same level as the hardware
on board.
Powered by higher specs than the average
budget Chromebook, these two premium
devices were made to run full Android applications
on top of Chrome
OS.
If you own a top - of - the - range Android
device you won't ever be using Android Go's features, but for those who can't afford dazzling phones it makes a lot of sense to bring the highlights of Android
O to those
on tighter
budgets.