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I am of 2 minds about this. On one hand, smartphones are more or less commodities now. Most established smartphone makers can make great phones (at this point
by on_and_off 8y ago
I am of 2 minds about this.
On one hand, smartphones are more or less commodities now. Most established smartphone makers can make great phones (at this point I only compare cameras and even then, they also to all be great) so it is only natural that margins become pretty thin. But right now they are just too thin and the ecosystem is not really healthy.
We don't really need another Apple making huge margins on its smartphone business though.
- tonyedgecombe 8y ago>We don't really need another Apple making huge margins on its smartphone business though. I think I'd argue we need another two or three. Monocultures are almost never a good idea in the long term.
- pjmlp 8y agoI bet monoculture will come to an end when most devices get to run web sites good enough. Even Google is now facing the issue that despite Project Treble, most OEMs don't care to release newer versions or provide the respective upgrades, thus rending useless whatever they show at IO.