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OnePlus One to Get Custom Android Build in India Over Cyanogen Micromax Deal

OnePlus One to Get Custom Android Build in India Over Cyanogen-Micromax Deal 10575u

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 28 November 2014 19:15 IST

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Cyanogen on Thursday announced its exclusive Cyanogen OS partnership with Micromax in India with the domestic manufacturer's new YU brand of smartphones. While this news doesn't really come as a surprise, its implications to the OnePlus-Cyanogen deal in India are the real news.

The Micromax has announced a new Internet brand YU, which is slated to announce its first device on Cyanogen OS. Cyanogen's exclusive deal also means that Cyanogen OS will not any other devices shipping in India with future updates including Lollipop." c5ps

OnePlus One in India on Tuesday will not be affected, the smartphone will not receive updates to its custom-build of Cyanogen OS.

"It was surprising and disappointing to hear from Cyanogen on November 26 that they had granted exclusive rights in India over the Cyanogen system to another company. It is truly unfortunate that a commitment we both made to our Indian s will now not be upheld," said Pei.

The news is especially ironic because OnePlus' motto is "Never Settle". Pei clarifies that OnePlus had always planned to build its own custom software for its smartphones, but that Cyanogen's announcement has made it shift its engineering efforts towards its Android team, which will push out a community build based on Android 5.0 Lollipop in December, and a production-ready build by February.

"Our system will be based on Lollipop, and will be built to be stable, fast, and lightweight. True to our original promise of putting experience first, it will be bloatware-free and only carry the features important to our s," says Pei.

As for global s, Pei said, "The One will continue to be ed globally and receive frequent OTAs. In fact, the next update will pack some surprises with which we think you'll be very happy. Cyanogen has unequivocally committed to continuing this global and we look forward to working with them for another year on continuously improving our device."

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Display 5.50-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

Front Camera 5-megapixel

Rear Camera 13-megapixel

RAM 3GB

Storage 64GB

Battery Capacity 3100mAh

OS CyanogenMod 11S

Resolution 1080x1920 pixels

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