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If you’ve ever purchased an Apple product (iPhone, iPod, or iPad), you know that you had to sign up for an Apple ID. Apple asked me to input my credit card information, even though I had no desire to purchase anything in the App Store. I couldn’t register the phone without it.

To use the Google apps, you also need an ID, which is officially your account. But you don’t have to supply any credit card information until you reach the point where you actually want to purchase something.

Technically speaking, you don’t need a Google account, but I believe that it makes your Android experience better. A Google account is required in order to identify you over Android Mobile Services. You need the account to gain full value from the many native Android apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Photos, Play Store, or Maps.