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PhoneArena notes
[Android Go is] a lighter version [of Android Oreo software] that's been specifically optimized to work on smartphones with 1GB RAM or lower.
Specs-wise, ZTE Tempo Go is far from being impressive. The phone is equipped with a 1.1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 processor, 1GB RAM, and 8GB expandable storage. Also, it sports a 5-inch display with FWVGA (480 x 854 pixels) resolution, a 5-megapixel rear camera and a secondary 2-megapixel camera in the front for selfies.
ZTE's entry-level phone is powered by a 2,200 mAh battery that promises to offer up to 12 hours of talk time or 220 hours of standby time. It also offers decent connectivity features such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and even LTE support. If you plan on getting one and use it on a certain network, you should check with your carrier since the ZTE Tempo Go supports both GSM and CDMA bands.
SlashGear reports
[...] Android Go is a significant release from Google because it requires a certain set of optimized apps to be onboard each officially licensed phone. These devices are also (hopefully) devoid of unnecessary bloatware present in smartphones of years past.
[...] There the phone is out in one color [black] with free shipping for $80 USD.
The ZTE Tempo Go with Android Go has an OS and app sizes that are approximately half the size they'd have been with a non-Go version of Android. Android Go provides a set of "Go" versions of essential Google apps that are far smaller and less data-intensive than their full-fledged standard relatives. The entire suite of Android Go apps can also be used on standard versions of Android, and all can be downloaded from Google Play. The ZTE Tempo Go will be set up with these apps and the optimized version of Android (Android Go) right out the box.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Monday April 02 2018, @08:05PM (4 children)
Only interested if I can get service on Google Fi.
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 02 2018, @08:35PM (3 children)
Just try using a Custom ROM without Google's proprietary trash software.
(Score: 2) by tizan on Monday April 02 2018, @10:33PM
Please tell...which custom ROM out there will bounce automatically form Sprint to T-Mobile or us-cellular , then i can migrate a google FI simcard to any phone.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday April 03 2018, @03:29AM (1 child)
Fi's real values to me are: 1) decent WiFi calling, 2) decent cell coverage, 3) decent data coverage, 4) awesome pricing - I use very little data and pay $30/month including the interest free 24 month financing on the phone, my wife uses more data and her bills run $35-40 per month. For similar service in this area (with poorer connectivity) the minimum bill would have been around $50 per month and then you play BS data usage games. By the time you get to equivalent or better connectivity you're up around $65-70 per month, per line.
Rage on Google's software if you like - just remember, Google lets you know they're snooping and how - the rest of the world does it too but tries (Facebook style) to hide it.
If you want truly private wireless communications, put up your own tower and run your own encrypted handsets - except: that's illegal if you try to do it in amateur radio spectrum, and I don't think you can afford to purchase private spectrum for yourself - and even if you did, your signals would be getting heavy scrutiny and you'd probably earn your own rotating tail from the various intelligence agencies because: anyone trying that hard to keep their communications private must have something to hide.
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 03 2018, @01:17PM
All of the "Quietly send every minute detail of data to Google" options got turned back on without notice.