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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by scarface74 on Friday November 01, 2019 @10:28AM (#21419212)
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.

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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by simonh on Saturday November 02, 2019 @11:48AM (#21428299)
It's still Android though, and still picking up crumbs falling from Google's table.
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Re:Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B by scarface74 on Saturday November 02, 2019 @11:01PM (#21431822)
Phone sold in China and Fire devices don’t have any Google Services.
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