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If this is really the case, then I would say the name sucks. It's hard to know what 'Google One' means from just the name. And there is 'Android One', which is designed for low-end devices, it would really confuse people when they talk about android one, google one. I can see more people will refer it as "google one drive", and microsoft also has its "One Drive", that's even more confusing to all the average users.

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> If this is really the case, then I would say the name sucks. It's hard to know what 'Google One' means from just the name.

It’s also hard to know what "Google" means from its name. And "Windows". And "Bing". And "Facebook", "Twitter", "WhatsApp", "Amazon", "Yelp", "Pocket", "Chrome", "Firefox", "Safari", "Uber", "Steam", and many more.

Of these, I always found "Yelp" pretty self-evident, at least if you've read many reviews there.

From Webster's: "a sharp shrill bark or cry (as of a dog or turkey)"[0]

[0]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yelp

I guess what I meant by "hard to know" is less confusing. All the names in your example cannot be easily confused with other product or brand. But "Google One" is the other way around.

I think it’s only because they’re well known. "Amazon" could be a supermarket selling organic food; "WhatsApp" some site to recommand apps; "Facebook" another site to make books out of pictures of your family; "Uber" and "Bing" pretty much anything.

It's probably reactive: "Prime" -> "One".

Not to mention everything Microsoft is One now. One Drive, Xbox One.. that's about it really

I don't think many people have heard of Android One. Also, the people who have heard of Android One can easily differentiate it from Google One.

I am really surprised so many people are stuck on Android One. I doubt any of the people here use an Android One phone. And those who own an Android One phone AND potentially can get confused between the names, do they even care what Android or OS is running on their phones? I feel people who are specifically looking to buy an Android One phone are savvy enough to know the difference.

Disc: Googler.

I use one. I was blown away by the value of the 220$ Xiaomi MI A1. It's nice to know that I can move between some options for manufacturers to get the best value for my budget, and also expect a consistent experience.

Do you know if that phone will work on sprint? I'm having a great deal of difficulty finding a good phone. I don't want to buy directly from the carrier to do the high volume of bloatware sprint seems to love to install.

You can check the bands on https://willmyphonework.net. looks like sprint is a no go. :-(.

Getting one of these phones in the US comes with other risks as well since your importing g from China. No warranty for one. Little you can do if the phone is delivered to you in some defective state. I only have full 3G coverage with AT&T. That said other experiences I've read on Xioami's phones have been largely positive. Really cannot stress how amazing of a deal the MI A1 is. Feels like a spiritual successor to the Nexus line.

>And there is 'Android One', which is designed for low-end devices

You're thinking of Android Go. Android One is for phones, not made by Google, that receive guaranteed OS and security updates. All of Nokia's phones are Android One phones.

See, I'm already confused with all these simple generic words, do you expect average user could figure all these out?

Is Android One designed for low-end devices? I thought that was their certification for "The manufacturer hasn't fucked the OS up with customizations that make it take 6 months to ship software updates."

I think it started out as a program for low end devices but kinda morphed into what you described, as evidenced by Nokia's higher end Android one devices.

To this day, I still don't understand what was different about any of the MS "Live!" products from the 00s.

Well, good thing they didn't call it Google One Drive...

Bad thing is people will start calling it google one drive, because others won't know what you talking about by "google one".

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