Well for one, it's a time sharing operating system. What does that bring to a phone other than potential security vulnerabilities? Linux is a pretty generic op

Well for one, it's a time sharing operating system. What does that bring to a phone other than potential security vulnerabilities? Linux is a pretty generic operating system, it runs on just about everything and wasn't initially designed for phones in mind. Of course at the rate phone hardware is progressing, I think Google has realized how little important an optimized OS really is.