One Android now available in six African countries – Android World

One Android put Google last year set an initiative to reach the next billion smartphone users. With cheap, but good quality, smart phones, Google is trying people in emerging markets to bond. Today, the company made to known Android One smartphones to sell in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco.

Infinix HOT 2

The first device released in the African countries, HOT 2 Infinix manufacturer Infinix. This brand from Hong Kong is working sharply in recent years on the road in Africa and according to Google one of the fastest growing brands. The release of the Infinix HOT 2 should contribute to that. The device is immediately released in Nigeria and will be given a suggested retail price of the equivalent of 79 euros. In the coming weeks, the device will also be available in the five other countries. By releasing Android One of these countries is growing the number of people who Android One is available with more than 370 million.

For those 79 euros you get a quad-core MediaTek chipset with 1GB of memory, support for dual-sim Android 5.1.1 and Lollipop. The device is released in black, white, red and blue, and there is also a version with 2 GB of memory in gold. There will also guarantee an update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Offline YouTube and better search experience

Google introducer cent corpse also a new version of the search page is optimized for devices with little memory (512 MB or less). This version should reduce the data transfer by up to 90%, so it takes only 1/3 of the time to load a search page. YouTube offline is also available in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Egypt. That makes it possible to store videos 48 hours on your smartphone, so they can be viewed when you have no data connection.

Officially Android One only available in some Asian countries and also in Africa, but the Turkish General Mobile has let Androidworld know one of its Android One devices to also sell in the Netherlands

Source:. Official Android Blog

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