Why doesn't my TCL phone come with a calculator?

[Android Central Question]

I needed a calculator and I go to all my apps and I had to get a calculator app because it doesn't have it.

 

[belodion]

I don't know why, but as you've discovered, there are such apps in the Play Store.
No doubt the manufacturer could tell you why no calculator app was preinstalled, assuming that no previous user has done things to the phone. https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=409154

 

[anon(10614692)]

Strange. It just doesn't add up.

 

[B. Diddy]

Strange. It just doesn't add up.

You're punny

To the OP, just install the Google Calculator app. Other 3rd party calculators may have more risk of adware or worse, so stick with something official.

 

[Michelle Perrish]

I got my TCL phone from Walmart just a couple months ago and there was no calculator I went to apps so I can clear cache and made it so I could see the system apps still wasn't there I thought maybe it was hiding but it wasn't so I had to install the Google calculator. It's insane that even flip phones have calculators and phones for many years ago yet this phone that has only been out for a year or less doesn't have it baffles my mind!

 

[mustang7757]

I got my TCL phone from Walmart just a couple months ago and there was no calculator I went to apps so I can clear cache and made it so I could see the system apps still wasn't there I thought maybe it was hiding but it wasn't so I had to install the Google calculator. It's insane that even flip phones have calculators and phones for many years ago yet this phone that has only been out for a year or less doesn't have it baffles my mind!

Hi, welcome to AC!

Yeah depending on phone or manufacturer it happens, but at least you can download them.
What Andriod version its on?

 

[Michelle Perrish]

My android is 8.1.0. kernel version 4.4.95

 

[Golfdriver97]

My android is 8.1.0. kernel version 4.4.95

Welcome to the forums.

The app may have been overlooked when they compiled the app list for the OS.

 

[mustang7757]

My android is 8.1.0. kernel version 4.4.95

Thanks , how do you like the phone ?