From PC World: Google’s low-cost Android One smartphones will be selling in the coming weeks in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, three small but fast-growing markets, following a September worldwide debut of the devices in India.
The company said it had signed up a number of hardware and network partners in the three south Asian countries, which together have a population of over 200 million.
“All these devices will give people a high quality mobile experience for an affordable price, running stock-Android with updates from Google,” Caesar Sengupta, the company’s vice president for product management, wrote in a blog post Monday.
The Internet giant has decided to launch the phone in these countries because they have cost-conscious users, said Vishal Tripathi, principal research analyst at Gartner. As in India, the phones will likely target “people who understand technology,” including the value of integrated hardware and standard Android, he added.
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