Satya Swaroop
Member • Nov 28, 2014
Micromax & Cyanogen Deal In India Proves To Be A Bitter Pill For OnePlus Customers
Remember the time you got all excited about OnePlus One In India Via Amazon - PreOrder Starts Soon!? Well, there have been some developments in the corporate world which are sure to put Indian customers in a state of partial gloom. We use the word ‘partial’ because the OnePlus One will go on sale as intimated by Amazon India on December 2nd but it will not be getting software support from Cyanogen in the future. This means that the OnePlus One will carry the CyanogenMod OS at launch but it shall be replaced with a beta version of OnePlus’s own concoction based on Android Lollipop in December followed by public rollout sometime in February 2015. These changes are applicable for the Indian subcontinent only because of the deal struck between Micromax and Cyanogen for the former’s new range of Android smartphones.
When Micromax struck a deal with Cyanogen for its YU range of smartphones there was no mention of OnePlus One, but on November 26 Cyanogen informed OnePlus that it had granted exclusive rights in India over CyanogenMod to Micromax. Folks over at OnePlus were disappointed and shocked at Cyanogen’s decision because with the help of the latter they had successfully launched OnePlus One in 17 countries. In October, OnePlus had released the 38R OTA update which included SAR values to comply with Indian regulations.
OnePlus One has addressed to Indian fans #-Link-Snipped-# that user experience is their top priority and the upcoming build by the company will be bloatware-free same as before and will include Google’s Material Design in its pure form without any customisations. They are pledging two years of support and will extend it further depending on users’ interest. #-Link-Snipped-# points out that OnePlus has a similar situation in China where it is using Oppo’s Color OS instead of CyanogenMod and will be soon replacing it with its home grown operating system. They also speculate that it might be the beginning of the end of Cyanogen and OnePlus’ relationship but the latter has denied commenting on this issue.
Sure there are means to bring CyanogenMod to OnePlus such as manually flashing the smartphone with software updates obtained from the internet but most people were hoping to avoid the hassle. So will you be still going to go for the ‘flagship killer’? Let us know in the comment section below.
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When Micromax struck a deal with Cyanogen for its YU range of smartphones there was no mention of OnePlus One, but on November 26 Cyanogen informed OnePlus that it had granted exclusive rights in India over CyanogenMod to Micromax. Folks over at OnePlus were disappointed and shocked at Cyanogen’s decision because with the help of the latter they had successfully launched OnePlus One in 17 countries. In October, OnePlus had released the 38R OTA update which included SAR values to comply with Indian regulations.
OnePlus One has addressed to Indian fans #-Link-Snipped-# that user experience is their top priority and the upcoming build by the company will be bloatware-free same as before and will include Google’s Material Design in its pure form without any customisations. They are pledging two years of support and will extend it further depending on users’ interest. #-Link-Snipped-# points out that OnePlus has a similar situation in China where it is using Oppo’s Color OS instead of CyanogenMod and will be soon replacing it with its home grown operating system. They also speculate that it might be the beginning of the end of Cyanogen and OnePlus’ relationship but the latter has denied commenting on this issue.
Sure there are means to bring CyanogenMod to OnePlus such as manually flashing the smartphone with software updates obtained from the internet but most people were hoping to avoid the hassle. So will you be still going to go for the ‘flagship killer’? Let us know in the comment section below.
Source: #-Link-Snipped-#
