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		scarface74 on Nov 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B On the other hand their are millions of “Android” phones being sold each year in China with no Google Services. Not to mention the low end Amazon Fire tablets based on Android. I think by working with a cell phone carrier in the US and bundling enough must have apps a manufacturer could get away with having a non Google certified Android phone. Especially if they could use Nokia’s Here for maps.

simonh on Nov 2, 2019 [–]

It's still Android though, and still picking up crumbs falling from Google's table.

scarface74 on Nov 3, 2019 | [–]

Phone sold in China and Fire devices don’t have any Google Services.

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