Android is imploding, and there's nothing that can be done to stop it
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Also, they didn't downplay tablet features in N, they added stuff like split screen which is a HUGE improvement.
Ahh modern journalism. You'll never believe what he typed! Click the headline to find out... ;)
A great step to catch up with desktops from two decades ago. Good job, Google!
"and LG show some of its execs the door after the 'flagship G5 smartphone failed to generate sales.'"
followed by "And it's not because Dell and LG didn't make good hardware."
"And while the LG G5 was expensive, and came with high-priced "friends" (the name LG gave to the modules that attached to the device), it was a flagship device from a company that had the courage to innovate."
But not, as it turns out, necessarily make reliable hardware, and definitely not servicing the problems well when they screw up, which is the true test here. I came that close to buying their previous flagship G4 a few months ago until I noticed that they'd screwed up a connector so the phones would go into a boot loop, and did not handle the repair situation well, like many companies like them.
If I was an LG higher up, beyond firing some executives, I'd be seriously considering either spending the $$$$$$$$ it will take to be world class as a stand alone vendor, shift to OEM mode like the Nexus 5X they build for Google I got instead (Project Fi's discount made that really compelling), or exiting the market altogether, you can't be good at everything.
Nexus phones are supposed to be the gold standard of android, and yet, I've never been satisfied with any Nexus device (I've had 3x HTC G1s, 1x Nexus one, 2x Nexus S, 2x Galaxy Nexus, 4x Nexus 4, 4x Nexus 5, 2x Nexus 6, and no 6P so far) due to battery life issues, camera issues, operating system issues (most Android versions have felt like a beta usually right up until the next version is released) compatibility issues with carrier (things like - no visual voicemail, no VoLTE) issues with accessories (my August smart lock & Kinsa thermometer barely work on android for example, but work perfectly on iPhone), performance issues (the nexus 6 is slowest phone I've ever used, with a custom kernel and encryption turned off) with all that said, they're still better than any of the non nexus phones I've used.
I believe that OEM are simply not incentivized to build good devices. The OS is "free" the hardware is made for rock bottom prices in China, few want to spend $600+ on a device with few benefits over a $200 device - how can anyone expect OEMs to put time and effort into a device with razor thin margins in a market that's already saturated?
Hopefully, in 10-20 years we will start seeing new brand names again as the hardware will be more or less indistinguishable.
Of all the phones, I liked the iPhone the least. The only thing it excelled in was compatibility with external devices, including my car, MacBook, etc.
Articles decrying the death of Android are a dime a dozen and have been so for years, and I am convinced that every outlet has a few sitting in reserve to toss on the front page on a slow news day.
The mobile market is saturated, things ebb more than they flow right now, and some manufacturers will drop out of the game. I have yet to hear how this means that Android is in shambles.
As a OEM android is in shambles because despite the fact that android is open, it's very hard to build an experience significantly different than googles. For example, if I wanted to make a phone with different sync behaviour to get better battery life, google wouldn't certify it and then I'd have to ship a phone with no apps. I COULD build my own market, my own version Google Play Services and convince people to use my market (like amazon is trying to do) but that would be very expensive, and likely wouldn't convince users to buy my phone. So I'm forced to build something very similar to other devices on the market, and thus have the same tradeoffs as other OEMs, making competition difficult.
As google, Android is doing great, billions of devices shipped, billions of users, billions of dollars earned.
> ... They're still better than any of the non nexus phones I've used.
Sounds like the OEMs still have a lot of work to do and that there are many ways in which they can improve the android experience.
(Agree that it's clickbait.)
While this is true, there are still PC OEMs now, and there is no evidence of the Android ecosystem collapsing (besides of a claim in the article that people rather want iPhones running Android).
>Android consumers want an iPhone or iPad that runs Android
>And what about the Android malware toxic hellste
After these kinds of statements how can anyone take this article seriously
Mobile boom is slowing down, phone makers have to satisfy themselves with selling less phones, because humans aren't reproducing fast enough/don't buy a phone for another hand.