/e/ plans to sell refurbished smartphones with Google-free Android

Most phones that ship with Google’s Android operating system also come with a bunch of Google apps and services installed. At launch, the plan is to offer four smartphone models:

By selling refurbished phones, the folks at /e/ don’t have to sink money into research, development, and manufacturing of original hardware. Still, if you’ve been looking for an Android-like operating system without the Google and don’t feel like going through the trouble of manually replacing all the Google apps and services on your phone or installing a custom ROM, this does seem like an interesting new alternative.

Source: liliputing.com