Micromax Bharat Go with Android Oreo (Go Edition) announced at Rs 4,399
Home-grown electronics brand Micromax Informatics on May 22 announced the Bharat Go, an Android Oreo Go edition-based smartphone, in collaboration with India’s leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel. Priced at Rs 4,399, the smartphone comes bundled with a cashback offer of Rs 2,000 from Airtel that brings down the effective cost to Rs 2,399. The key highlight of the Bharat Go is the operating system it boots -- Android Oreo Go edition -- which was announced by Google last year. The operating system is a trim-down version of the Android Oreo, optimised to run efficiently on devices utilising much of phone’s hardware resources. As a result, the operating system works efficiently even on devices with 1 GB of RAM or less. The Android Oreo (Go edition) comes with a dedicated suite of apps designed to run faster while using less data. As for the other features and specifications, the Bharat Go features dual-SIM functionality, both of which support voice over long term evolution ...