Android ONE

Google has an ambitious plan of putting a high-quality but affordable smart phone into the hands of the next billion people. In countries like India, Brazil and Indonesia, the lower end smart phones have often had underpowered processors and bad screens. Google's ONE campaign is here to change all this.

Google has partnered with 3 OEMs in India to kick off this project. Google has chosen OEMs that have shown promise and make good phones at an affordable price. To start with, Google has chosen Spice, Karbonn and Micromax.

The phones share lots of components to keep the price down. The phones have 4.5" FWVGA displays, 1.3 GHz quad core Cortex A7 processors, front and rear cameras, dual SIM capabilities and 4 GB of storage with expandable memory up to 32 GB.
These phones are slated to receive updates for 2 years by Google.

Performance

The Cortex A7 processors on the three phones are coupled with 1 GB of RAM so the phones should run smoothly with basic tasks and games.

Display  

The 4.5" screens on these phones have a resolution of 480x854, which is not bad for the price they come at.

Cameras

All three phones come with a 5 MP back camera with LED flash lights. They take average pictures with best pictures in sunlight. The front cameras are 2 MP cameras that are pretty good for selfies and video calls. 

The Difference

The Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498, Micromax Canvas A1 and the Karbonn Android One Sparkle V Blue are identical on paper but have a few differences. The biggest difference is the back cover and design of the three phones.

The Micromax Canvas A1, Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498 and Karbonn Android One Sparkle V Blue are available exclusively on Amazon.in, Flipkart and Snapdeal respectively.