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posted by martyb on Tuesday June 19 2018, @05:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the why-not? dept.

There's no excuse: All Android phones (even Samsung's) should run stock Android

When [Google's Android One] platform was unveiled at I/O in 2014, it was squarely targeted at emerging markets. With a mission to "bring high-quality smartphones to as many people as possible," Android One was meant to bring a clean, unadulterated KitKit[sic] experience (the current version at the time), to handsets short on specs and storage.

Nokia has taken a different approach with Android One. Earlier this year parent company HMD made the bold decision to switch to Android One for its entire family of phones, from the budget-minded Nokia 3.1 to the Snapdragon 835-powered Nokia 8 Sirocco. That means when you buy a Nokia phone you're getting the peace of mind that you'll get updates, and timely ones at that, for at least two years, and security patches for three years.

Or, as Juho Sarvikas, chief product officer at parent company HMD Global puts it, "pure and secure and up to date." That's something that can't be said for for than 90 percent of Android phones, based on the latest Oreo adoption numbers. And it's time the leading Android phone makers start closing the gap.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @05:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 19 2018, @05:40PM (#695150)

    Well, MIUI is just a launcher so it's still stock where it counts.