[guardian-dev] where to buy an Android device without Google Play on it?

Mon Apr 4 06:25:15 EDT 2016

Since Google Play is blocked in China, I imagine that phones sold in
China do not come with Google Play installed.  I recently bought two
Chinese phone models, a Xiaomi Redphone 3 and a Lenovo A2800.  Both of
them are fully branded in Chinese, and the A2800 is actually marked
"China Mobile", then China-only telecom.  Both of these came with Google
Play installed.  So either Google Play is installed on phones sold in
China, or I'm getting other editions like Hong Kong or Taiwan.

Has anyone bought Android devices that come without Google Play installed?

.hc

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