There's always been an idea that if only you could make a pure, premium Android, with nice hardware and no OEM crapware, people would come
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Nexus sort of tried that, but had no awareness, distribution or marketing spend (= sales commissions), so was never meaningful
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Googel has rebooted Nexus as Pixel, with more control over hardware, but still dind't really get behind it and push.
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Now Andy Rubin is trying with another metal-frame glass phone, with 'clean Android' and a hardware extension port (cf USB-C, Lightning)
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I suspect the real problem: the customer for this 'premium, well-designed phone with no hassles or crapware' already bought an iPhone.
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How many people actually value the 'choice/configurability/freedom' of Android over iOS, especially give how much Apple opened up iOS?
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A small % of iPhones installed G Maps - a better product. So how many Android user have done something that can't be done on iPhone?
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So, of course there's a market for another premium Android but with no crapware. But how big, really?
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The way we got from the Apple 1 to the Mac & IBM PC to GUIs to smartphones was by removing technical choice to empower non-technical users
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Benedict, indeed! The hallmark of the computer evolution. The next logical step is devices disappear and become #VoiceFirst + visuals.
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