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Android One Is Anything But Dead, Google Reaffirms With Xiaomi Mi A1 (ndtv.com)

Posted by msmash on from the resurrection dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Google executives shared the stage with Xiaomi chiefs at a media event in New Delhi on Tuesday as the Chinese phone maker unveiled its "new flagship" Mi A1 smartphone. Google's presence at the event was essential. Xiaomi's Mi A1 is the latest phone to be launched under Google's Android One program, a three-year-old initiative from Google, which in the past year has been presumed dead by many. It's anything but that, Google executives said. The Xiaomi Mi A1 smartphone features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display. It also offers a duo of 12-megapixel rear cameras, one with telephoto capability and 2X optical zoom feature. On the front, for the selfie enthusiasts is a 5-megapixel shooter. The dual-SIM capable Mi A1 smartphone houses a Snapdragon 625 octa-core SoC, 4GB of RAM, 64GB internal storage, IR blaster, a 3080mAh battery, a fingerprint scanner, modems for 4G LTE bands in its gold- and black-coloured thin, full-metal unibody form factor. It is priced at $235, and will be available in dozens of markets including Mexico, India, Indonesia, Russia, and Singapore.

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  1. Android, for those who don't care about security by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Android is for those who don't care about security. Just see the recent article about bootloaders not being secure. Add to it that Android generally has poorly designed user interfaces and the user experience is incredibly clunky. App development lags well behind the iOS versions of the same apps. If you don't care about security or having a good experience, Android is fine. For those of us who do care about those things, iOS is a far better choice.

  2. Re:What is Android One? by raburton · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Agreed. Sounds like a pretty reasonably speced phone at a sensible price. Much like the Nexus line was originally. I'm still using my Nexus 4 (which runs latest android, albeit unofficial rom, perfectly well) but I'm in the market for an equivalent phone now. This could just be it.

  3. Re: Android, for those who don't care about securi by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 1, Interesting

    So it's a separate little room, with obscure methods used to hold it's little secrets.

    I realize that Apple probably has the term 'Secure Enclave' copyrighted, similar to 'Altivec Unit' and various other buzzwords from the past.

    The enclave can and will have it's security penetrated. It's a matter of time.

    But whatever. I'm dumb. You're the Apple shill.