Google's Android One project, which aims to help people in the developing world buy smartphones and get onto the internet, is encountering some problems.

The three Indian phone manufacturers that were initially involved in producing the low-cost devices have no plans to create future versions of the smartphone, The Economic Times reports.


But now, Micromax, Karbonn, and Spice say that they are putting existing phone models on sale to clear stock, the Economic Times reports.

The Android One project works by letting local manufacturers create models of the phone under their own name.


Google had lined up another set of manufacturers to make the phone in India, but The Economic Times says that Intex, Lava, and Xolo have now dropped plans to create Android One phones. Sanjay Kalirona, who heads up the mobile phones unit at Intex, told The Economic Times: "Everything was finalised, the product was ready but market response was not there, so we dropped the idea."

Despite the setback, Google maintains that it's pushing ahead with the Android One scheme. The company told the Economic Times: "We're not backing away from the programme. We've learnt a lot from the initial round with our partners and they have learnt in terms of device availability, in channel and others. Over time, as we work with our partners, we will keep working on making sure that we do things much better."


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