In China, many mobile phone brands are using the free Android system, so there are many low-priced domestic brands. Because of the free advantages of the Android operating system, mobile phone manufacturers to make mobile phone costs are very low. And based on Google's open-source Android system, many well-known domestic mobile phone brands on the basis of the two-time development or is the interface of the re-optimization, so that their brand more features. Although there are many mobile phone merchants in the country have their own operating system, essentially still Android.
But many people do not know that Google's Android system is not really permanent free. In 2012, Google acquired Motorola, the then-handset giant, which needed the approval of China (which is regulated by the Antitrust law). The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has conditional approval of the acquisition, provided that Google is obliged to maintain a free and open policy for Android for the next 5 years. But whether or not to charge after 5 years is still undecided. This agreement has been more than 5 years, Google did not give specific fees and related information.
In China's mobile phone market, the use of Android phone proportion accounted for about 85%, the Apple system accounted for about 14%, the remaining 1% is other rarely used systems. Although there are some of their own operating systems, such as Ali's Yun OS system, but the system currently engaged in 5, 6 years, there is no great sensual. In fact, YunOS in essence just rewrite the Android Dalvik, and then rewrite a few Android apk, can be forced to think that and Android is two sets of separate systems. But at present only a part of the domestic small brand mobile phone in use, has not replaced Google Android in the mobile phone system status.
In China, it is because of the free Android system to promote the development of Chinese mobile phones. Because of the cost of making a mobile phone at the time, the most mobile phone system before Android appeared was the MediaTek MTK system, but the system was not free. Mobile phone manufacturers to the MTK every year to pay a higher system usage fees, so the general small handset manufacturers do not have this ability. The mobile phone market is also dominated by several big businesses. But after the advent of Android free open-source handsets, the cost of getting into the handset manufacturing industry was low.
We have been accustomed to free Android for many years, and many handset makers are developing and maintaining the Android system in depth. So that the domestic people on the Android system has become dependent and habitual. Perhaps Google's open-source Android system was a rogue or voluntary, but the practice is to cultivate users of the Android system habitually. If Google charges Android, mobile phone manufacturers will not buy this single, the ultimate cost or transfer to the hands of consumers. The likely result is that small handset makers are out of business, and larger handset makers will raise the price of their handsets to keep them running.
So China needs to develop a set of its own mobile phone operating system, perhaps now Ali in this area in front, but the strength and speed is not enough. Only the real domestic real emergence of a completely independent mobile phone system, can easily deal with all kinds of risk difficulties.
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