Android continues to increase, but not driving anymore Samsung - Gazeta.pl

Further research firm Gartner confirms: on top of the ranking popularity of mobile systems is Android. This confirms the thesis that it is for this that it is an open system, which can in principle use any phone manufacturer. But the heart of the system is a set of services most needed from the point of view of the user. And for maps, YouTube player, Gmail and play longer need to pay Internet giant.

on the market so there are phone calls (not) Android. It is on one system but not Google services. Such models are of course cheaper but is it – from the point of view of the system – smart phones? Or maybe just “Feature phone” which is a professional name. Link evolution between regular phone and a smartphone.

just a rash of such models raises incredible popularity statistics Android. And complicated situations both to Samsung and Google, and … Microsoft and Apple. Here’s why:

• the market is saturated with products sygnowanymi branded Android. Samsung loses because declining sales of its low-end models and the demand for “high-end” is still limited.
• Microsoft (in conjunction with partners) to attack the market from the low-end (hence even Asha models), but it is not able to overcome the price barrier stawianej by Chinese manufacturers cheap smartphones with Android. For example, Nokia offers smarfon for $ 150, which might seem low price. It is twice as high as in the meantime to “enterprising Chinese people”.
Google loses
• consumers. Smartphones that do not have Google services do not generate any income. In addition, applications installed outside the store Play can be very harmful and spoil the reputation of Android.

• though Apple does not intend to compete in the low-end market, will have to adjust the price announced by the industry “cheap iPhone”. Will you put it on a shelf somewhere “mid-end” but because of the cheap Chinese smartphone market as a whole will have to reckon with the price reduction.

Fig. Gartner

the more popular brands necessarily changing market. I would like to say, after all that’s good! Thanks to the less wealthy can afford smartphone.

But is not Google’s services are still smartphone? Compare

Mobile phones (mobile phones)

Their primary function is to call and send messages.

functional phones (feature phones)

There are between regular phone and a smartphone. Typically: have a better camera, used to listen to music, connect to social media via built-in applications. I do not usually have WiFi (though certainly not always).

Smartphones

operate at an advanced system and is probably the most important criterion. They have powerful technical specification, can be installed on these applications have additional systems like GPS, 4G modules, Bluetooth and WiFi.

As you can see sometimes difficult to tell the difference between an advanced “feature phone” a cheap smartphone. Is the difference may determine the availability of services and Google store? In my opinion, yes.

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