Some analysis is suggesting that Google went through the trouble to optimize Android 4.4 KitKat for devices with as little as 512 MB of RAM in an era where some handsets are pushing the 3 GB barrier because it wants to curb the success of phones like the Lumia 520. Nokia sold millions of that colorful cheap handset in emerging markets last quarter, displacing entry level Androids there without a doubt...
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/As-Windows-Phone-share-grows-some-see-Android-KitKat-for-low-end-devices-as-a-direct-answer-to-Lumia-520_id49017
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/As-Windows-Phone-share-grows-some-see-Android-KitKat-for-low-end-devices-as-a-direct-answer-to-Lumia-520_id49017