Google has joined hands with Infinix, who’ll be offering the phone at about $87 in Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Egypt. The duo has already worked on the ‘Hot 2′ as a part of its Android One initiative debuted in India last year.
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The Pixel V1 showed that Android One smartphones could appeal beyond the entry level, but the Infinix HOT 2 is back to the modest idea of bringing the Android platform to the masses at the low end.
In Nigeria, Google launched the programme on Tuesday in collaboration with mobile phone manufacturer, Infinix; mobile operator, MTN and online retail store, Jumia. These countries have combined populations of 379 million people.
Google VP of product management Caesar Sengupta announced in an online statement for Android One that: “We look forward to continuing our work with partners to ensure that people have a great way to access the Internet, using it in ways that are relevant and useful”.
The Infinix HOT 2 phone offers a high-quality experience, with a fast quad-core MediaTek processor, dual SIM slots, front and rear-facing cameras, a FM radio tuner, and 16GB internal memory (further expandable) for all your favorite movies and music. “Google Search, and Google Translate will come pre-loaded on the phones”. Not only does it have a clean design, but it’s got a respectable feature set and it runs an untouched version of Android that’ll be updated to Marshmallow at a later date. Speaking of which, Android One has launched in some additional countries, read on. The 2GB RAM model is only available in gold, while the 1GB version can be had in black, white, red, and blue. The driving force behind this growth – particularly in Nigeria and many other African countries – is smartphones.
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“In Nigeria, over 70 percent of online users access the web via their phones”. With this feature, users will be able to store videos within the YouTube app for a period of 48 hours, which will allow them to watch these videos even if there’s low bandwidth or even without an Internet connection.
