Android One not doing well and we already knew why

Agreed, they should have made a mid-tier device! the next Nexus 5!

As I’ve said before, who would be stupid enough to get this over a cheaper and better Flare 3/ SKK Lynx /insert other models here. ?

Article needs proofreading.

“cold” reception to a nice phone

Dapat mid ranged phones ang i release nila, a phone with LTE and a snapdragon processor. Iba kase ang dating ng Mediatek sa mga pinoy, cheap agad ang pumapasok sa utak compared sa Snapdragon processor. I won’t mind if nasa 9k ang phone basta maganda ang build quality at respectable ang performance :)

I think the reasons are:
1.) Insufficient advertising campaigns
Wala pa akong masyadong naririnig sa Android One. Tayo-tayo lang na mga technology geeks ang nakakaalam ng tungkol sa Android One. Dapat nilang iemphasize ang “GOOGLE” para makapanghikayat, at ang benefits nito kumpara sa ibang similarly-priced smartphones.
Andaming napakaimpractical na mga phones sa market, tulad ng mga octacore processor pero mababa naman ang RAM, edi wala din, diba? Pero hindi naman alam yun ng mga consumers. Basta marinig nila na “octa”, matic para sa kanila na maganda yan. Ibig sabihin, bobo karamihan ng mga consumers, kaya dapat silang ieducate ng maayos. Iparating sa kanila na sobrang laki ng benefits ng software updates kaysa sa illogical hardware spec combinations.

2)Hardware
Sobrang excited ako na bumili nito, kaya inaantay ko talaga ang maunveil ito sa PH at lumabas ang mga reviews. Pero noong lumabas na, medyo naging hesitant ako. Hindi ganoon kaganda ang camera. Hindi ganoon kaganda ang screen, etc.

Hirap na ngang ipaunawa sa tao ang kahalagahan ng software updates, mas lalo pang nahihirapan na paangatin ang Android One dahil sa hindi ganoon kagandang specs.

If you guys look at the product posters that CM sticks to their stores, you’ll see that the One is rarely listed (not sure about myPhone Uno, I’ve never seen their product posters anyway). It’s as if Cherry does not want this phone to succeed and afraid that it will take away sales of their already shitty slabs of plastic (it’s most likely the same case with myphone and their highly beloved Rio series of plastic excrement).

I wanted an Android One phone pero these are the factors that stopped me effectively:
1. CM and MyPhone lang ang brands. Deal breaker to. I’m not a mobile snob but come on. These two? For real? Google collaborated with Motorola, Samsung and LG for Nexus – why didn’t they for Android One?
2. Specs. Halos 5k din si Android One pero ang specs pang 2k+ lang. It’s like you’re paying almost 50% for the OS. Who does that for an open source OS? Again, deal breaker.
3. Cheap prices excite me pero I still want to get value for my money. 5K is cheap for a phone pero if I know that the features of a phone going for 5k is worth only 2k then why would I get a 5k phone. I’ll just buy the 10-15k phone with almost flagship features and specs from a reputable brand (ie Zenfone 2 or LG G3).

Sana Google collaborates with at least a better brand for Android One. Anyway all brands sell low-end models, except for Apple na hindi naman Android. And please 1G RAM man lang, so many phones go for 1G of RAM at the 5k range these days.

I already own a CM One and so far it’s okay naman :) medyo nainis lang ako noong bumili ako sa CM MOA, gusto ko sana yung silver na back case kaso sabi wala na daw ganun at white na lang natira, so yun na lang kinuha ko. Cute din naman sya. Hehe. Okay din yung user experience.

Grabe na pangongopya ng article ng yugatech. Nakabasa lang ng article from India, in-apply na kagad sa Philippine settings. Gesh!!!

alam siguro nila ayaw gumastos ng pinoy (kunwari tipid). pero andyan talaga ang pera and willing tayu (ako) gumastos kahit mahal basta sikat at pwede ipost sa facebook na sigurado mapapansin ako.