{"id":26047,"date":"2014-09-17T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T07:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26047"},"modified":"2014-09-17T15:41:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T07:41:30","slug":"googles-android-one-to-hit-ph-shores-before-year-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/17\/googles-android-one-to-hit-ph-shores-before-year-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Android One to hit PH shores before year-end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26048\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/android_one_silver_nexus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26048\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/android_one_silver_nexus.jpg\" alt=\"Photo from www.igyaan.in\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/android_one_silver_nexus.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/android_one_silver_nexus-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/android_one_silver_nexus-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/android_one_silver_nexus-900x506.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igyaan.in\/84233\/google-android-one-september-15th\/\">www.igyaan.in<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Techhies across the Philippines are constantly in search of budget-friendly yet high performance gadgets; given the austere economy of the times. It comes as welcome news that Google&#8217;s Android One will be soon be available in the country; in time for Christmas holiday shopping, to boot.<\/p>\n<p>Android senior vice president for Chrome and Apps, Sundar Pichai, said that the Andorid Onbe will be marketed as a phone that is accessible to the masses, and will be powered by the latest version of Android.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The software on Android One devices automatically updates to the latest version of Android and will be some of the first to get the Android L release later this fall. The goal is to provide a consistent and uncompromising smartphone experience, for everyone,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that even entry-level smartphones \u2013 many of which do not utilize the latest Android software and apps \u2013 are priced beyond what most people can afford.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(E)ven where 3G and 4G networks are available, not enough people have phones that can support data and the plans can be expensive,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Pichai added that Google expects the Android One phones to be hitting the Philippine market by &#8220;the end of the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Android One phones will feature expandable storage, dual SIM cards, a replaceable battery and built-in FM radio, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Pichai disclosed that Android One will partner with numerous phone manufacturers like Acer, Alcatel Onetouch, ASUS, HTC, Intex, Lava, Lenovo, Panasonic, Xolo, and chipmaker Qualcomm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect to see even more high-quality, affordable devices with different screen sizes, colors, hardware configurations and customized software experiences,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Techhies across the Philippines are constantly in search of budget-friendly yet high performance gadgets; given the austere economy of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":26048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,5],"tags":[7853],"class_list":["post-26047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-technology","tag-google-android-one-in-ph","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}