Android One Powered Affordable phones: What's the big nice about them?

'Android One' is program rolled out first in India by Google. In this program, google made a different version(a kind of stripped down version) of its regular Android operating System to work with low cost hardware. The challenge for Google was that several low end android phones have no way to get the OS updates, and hence they can't enjoy latest android features and apps. Android one has resolved this challenge and that's all about Android One Program. Google has teamed with different vendors (Spice, Micromax, Karbonn as of today) and have launched Android one program in India with price starting above 6K available through on-line retail stores.Google plans to expand Android One outside India as well, this could be through country specific phone vendors.  These devices get OS updates directly from Google whenever available.

The big international smart phone players such as Samsung, HTC, Sony etc,right now use the regular Android OS and put an extra layer of customized UI layer on top of it. These android OS can't directly get the OS updates from Google. The individual vendors need modify their customized android and then give update which takes time. Some vendors will not even promise any system updates once they are sold! And in-fact why vendor customization is what a differentiating factors among android smartphones  and gives competitive advantage. Using Android one vendors can't customize anything but just can make apps and sell the phones. 

Apart from  direct OS updates, low cost, there are other advantages of using Android One phones. People can watch YouTube videos offline. And if you are an Airtel customer, you will get android updates without any data charges(conditions may apply) and free app downloads from Google Play Store till 200 MB per month)

The question is that are international smart phone vendors going to start using Android One? Possibly yes but there is uncertainty about it. I'm guessing the Android version for this segment is called Android Silver, however as such there are no much details about it.

Moto G Available on Flipkart For The Price Of Rs. 12,499/- A Much Awaited Launch.

A much awaited Motorola Moto G smart phone is finally launched in India and is available in online stores. 8GB version of Moto G is priced at Rs. 12,499/- and it's 16GB priced at Rs. 13,999/- A good price for the exceptional phone from Motorola.The phone is available on online stores. Find more details on http://www.flipkart.com/motorola. Flipkart has incredible discounts too. This is the first time that global brand has tied up with exclusive online partner in India. The phone was expected to be launched in early January 2014, but was delayed for a month's time. 

Moto G has Stunning 4.5" HD display, 1280 x 720 HD, 329 ppi, Corning® Gorilla® Glass with Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, 1 GB RAM,  with 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU. 5 Megha Pixel Camera, LED flash with features Slow motion video, Burst mode, Auto HDR Panorama, Tap to Focus, 4X digital zoom. And 1.3 Megha pixel front-facing camera.

This Dual Sim phone comes with Android™ 4.3(Jelly Bean) with Guaranteed Upgrade and hence gives the pure Android experience at the comparatively low cost.

The phone has many interchangeable backs with various colors which can be purchased at Flipkart.com. Moto G users get free storage of 50GB in their Google Drive for the period of two years and at very low cost after this period.

The battery is said to be lasting a day full on an average though battery life depends on different usage patters. Motorola Power Pack Slim 2000 is available to carry power.

The phone is protected by Corning Gorilla glass,  Moto G has a water repellent nano-coating inside and outside, that gives protection to the handset from light and water.

Only cons for this phone is that it does not have memory card slot so the memory can not be extended. You can have either 8GB or 16 GB built-in memory. That's all. However as mentioned earlier, moto G users get 50GB extra on their Google Drive for 2 years.

The phone is called exceptional because of its pricing. If you are expecting a very high end smart phone with high  MP camera, 4G network or light weight, there are better options.