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It's my understanding this is really hurting android in China. Well, hurting is the wrong word. Android phones are selling great but no central market and no s

It's my understanding this is really hurting android in China. Well, hurting is the wrong word. Android phones are selling great but no central market and no standard OS means Chinese app devs are finding it really hard make any popular apps because they have to target effectively different OSes and multiple markets ( > 20 IIRC) That means Chinese users aren't getting many apps. Might as well be a 2006 smart phone. I suppose a few versions and markets will eventually dominate so maybe it's just growing pains.

ZeroGravitas 15y ago
Are you sure?. It's just I've read so many people who desperately wanted this to be a problem for Android, usually with little to no evidence (or understanding of open source). Often this was reflected in dubious claims that Android's suprising sales surge was largely the OMS fork on low-end phones for developing nations and that real people weren't actually buying high-end HTC, Samsung or Motorola handsets. Actual figures show this to be wishful thinking on their part. Even if you accept that it is hurting Android, you have to compare it to the alternative, which is a rival pushing an OS that isn't 99% the same as yours. If anything Google (as a web company) is probably giddy about a fragmented smartphone market that is united (even across to Bada and iPhone) by webkit-based browsers.
cageface 15y ago
It's a 2006 smart phone with a really good browser and email client. That might be enough for a lot of people. I think Apple is secure as the luxury brand in Asia but the app market may just not matter that much for the second tier.