What if the world does not have Android?



This week, the news that Kodak will join another company, Bullitt, launching an Android tablet has attracted a lot of attention. Because of the impact of digital photography, Kodak once faced bankruptcy protection and gradually withdrew from sight.

But now, it is back - thanks to Adnroid. Imagine how difficult it would be for Kodak to be a tablet computer without an open Android operating system. However, if there is no Android, Kodak will not be the most affected company. So, if there is no Android, what will happen to the world?

First and foremost, Android founder Google will become Yahoo. Android helped Google establish its own mobile ecosystem. If there is no Android, Google will miss the entire mobile Internet. It's as if Yahoo missed the search and became mediocre, and losing Google's mobile Internet would become less important.

Second, the mobile Internet landscape will be very different from today.

Before the advent of Android, the protagonists of the smartphone market were RIM (Blackberry), Palm, Nokia (Symbian), and Microsoft's Windows Mobile. Apple's iPhone has just joined the competition. If there is no impact from Android, iPhone will gain greater market share. Nokia will not die out as a mobile phone brand, and BlackBerry will still be the preferred brand for business people.


If you say the domestic, the most affected is Xiaomi. Without Android, Xiaomi no longer exists. This is a company that is currently valued at US$45 billion. Meizu may still be a very niche brand. Hammer mobile phone is even more difficult to talk about. The days of other domestic mobile phone manufacturers will not be too good. The process of transforming smart phones from functional machines will be even longer and more difficult, and it will be difficult to compete with international brands.

In addition to mobile phone manufacturers, a number of domestic companies established around the Android ecosystem will not exist, such as pea pods, as well as Tencent, Baidu, 360 and pea pod business similar departments. The innovative workshops that hatch pea pods may not exist. There are also a large number of mobile game companies, no Android, and they have to cut at least two-thirds of their income. Even for all mobile internet entrepreneurs, if there is no Android, the overall startup costs will be higher.

Again, without Android, new trends and entrepreneurial trends, such as wearable devices and smart hardware, may come several years later. It may be that Android and smart hardware do not have a direct link, but Android has driven the industrial chain of smart phones and is paving the way for the development of smart hardware. There are many smart hardware startups that have implemented the Android operating system into their hardware, most notably smart watches. Without Android, the world’s first smartwatch may be an Apple Watch that will be officially launched next year.

If you look away, the wave of smart hardware entrepreneurship has only just begun. There is more room for imagination in the future. It is with Android that many manufacturers have the possibility to try in the smart hardware field. However, if there is no Android, there will be too many restrictions in the future.

Finally, all of the above will have a tremendous impact on our daily lives. For the entire human race, if there is no Android, the global mobile Internet population is now at least halved. For individuals, if there is no Android, now the price of a mainstream smart phone will be more than 2,000 yuan. After buying a mobile phone, it will be difficult to enjoy the convenience of life brought by various mobile applications or the happy hours of playing games. Blood pressure is not as convenient as it is now.

Of course, you can also say that if there is no Android, we will have Bndroid or Cndroid. But the fact is that when Android appeared, there was really not a mobile operating system that was more competitive than it. Even if there are alternatives, it may take two or three nights. If you are still using a smart phone two years ago, you are definitely thinking about switching to a mobile phone every day.

Although I do not use Android phones for more than half a year, the main mobile phone is not Android. But I still want to say, thanks Android, thank Google.

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