Android phone without Google apps?
Hmm..
Seems pretty interesting
Those Google's app seems contribute alot for battery drain

Then again,
Wonder if Huawei will make their own server to host, akin of playstore/appetite

Huawei may let the user install play store, and from my experience, it's not as simple as just install playstore APK. If it's during 2.1, ok la.. Plus Google may block access to Huawei phones

Actually, the main problem for them imo is android and it's dependent of Google and USA firm's ecosystem

Most of those apps/services are linked to USA companies.

Advance user can easily just search and install APK but normal user, and most of them are normal user, will not willing to go thru the trouble. Probably can easily overcome if Huawei asked reseller install for them but updates?

If my memories are right, The last custom pure android os I flashed, i think is lollipop/jellybean which requires Google play services and there's tones of them, ranging from different API and based on chipset.

Imo, normal user don't want the hassle of finding the right APK. Especially when competitor are just as easy plug and play

But this was few years back, so I don't know if it's any different now.

for us, enthusiasm user, no problem. easy peasy
but just like i said, imo, most user are just normal user, which is just wanted to buy and use, without the fuss to install this and that follow this and that.


i doubt google will goes against the sanction tho.

but im seriously agree huawei to build something that can go toe to toes with ios/android.
samsung kinda realised the world far too dependent to the west, and developed bada and tizen.

hope and good luck to them