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As long as they do not solve a problem for either the carriers or the consumers that is not solved by iOS or Android, they have no chance. Carriers and manufac
by pinaceae 13y ago
As long as they do not solve a problem for either the carriers or the consumers that is not solved by iOS or Android, they have no chance.
Carriers and manufacturers love Android because they get it from Google for free. Cosumers love it because they can get cheap, good smartphones.
Carriers love the iPhone cause it generates massive revenues for them as customers love it. See what happened with NTT doCoMo as an example.
Tizen, ubuntuOS, firefoxOS, even Windows Phone do not solve anything between those two. "Openess" is not a problem for the above.
- lnanek2 13y agoSometimes an extra option is desired by companies like carriers just so they can pit all the options against each other and get better deals. Similar happens in the OEM space. An OEM may be happy with Qualcomm, but they are going to flirt with NVIDIA and use them occasionally just to get better deals from Qualcomm.
- rimantas 13y agoThis only works with options which are also desired by customers.