How Android One could complete Google’s grand Android plan

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Ahah. It's all starting to make sense.

Google, if you haven't heard, is said to be on the brink of bringing its Android One phone program to the U.S. According to the well-sourced folks at The Information, the company plans to launch the first low-cost phone under the Android One banner here sometime "before the middle of the year," with prices starting in the $200 to $300 range.

Yawn, right? More budget-level smartphones -- not exactly earth-shattering stuff, I realize. But hang on, because this move may be far more significant than it appears on the surface.

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