Understanding Android: Status and opponents

Current status article Android has achieved its fastest growth since 2011, with Android rapidly conquering the world at a rate of 850,000 new activations a day and becoming the world's most-occupied smartphone operating system. Android's market share in North America grew by 3.7% in the first quarter of 2012 to 51%, according to ComScore, while Android has a market share of 74.7% per cent in China, according to Saino's research report. But while Android is growing fast, it faces a number of problems, the most notable of which is the growing problem of version fragmentation. The launch of Android 4.0 in October 2011 was a glimmer of hope for the eventual resolution of the split, with the 4.0 version of Android experiencing a good, visually pleasing interface, with good compatibility with the tablet and mobile interface, and Google's own intention to tighten up the number of handset makers from 4.0 Customization rights. However, the launch of the 4.0 version so far has not effectively improved the Android version of the split issue, but the problem intensified. According to Google's statistics, as of early May 2012, Android 4.0 was only 4.9% of all devices accessing the Google play app market, while Android 2.3 still had a whopping 64.4% share, even the already obsolete and The share of Roid 2.2 is also much higher than 4.0 per cent to 20.9%. That is, even though it has been six months since the launch of Android 4.0, the new version, which has been placed in high hopes, has not yet grown. There are a number of reasons for this: • The old equipment upgrade is inadequate. Many hardware manufacturers are slow to upgrade older devices. HTC, for example, has just begun a massive upgrade of old devices, and Samsung has set a high threshold for older devices that can be upgraded, and devices with no problems in the configuration of Galaxy S are excluded from the upgrade queue. In addition, the largest third-party system CyanogenMod 4.0 customized version of the delay is not formally introduced, but also exacerbated the phenomenon. • New equipment launch slowly. From the launch of the first Android 4.0 device Galaxy Nexus in October 2011 to the MWC conference in February 2012, Android 4.0 devices appeared in the middle four months with virtually no Android 4.0 on the phone. And even so far the number of new devices that carry the Android 4.0 system is still scarce. • Lack of operator customization channels. Operator Customization Machine Channel inThe 3G era seems to be very important. At present, the global scope of the major operators of custom-made models still few Android 4.0 devices. In North America, for example, At&t has been unable to provide any contract machines with 4.0 systems for a long time before the Samsung Galaxy Note pre-installed 4.0 systems, and Verizon has long been able to provide only a reliable 4.0 device for Galaxy Nexus. • Low-end models cannot Meet the configuration requirements. The Android 4.0 configuration requirements are significantly higher than in the previous generation of Android systems, leading to a large number of new models and main push models in the low-end market that do not meet minimum configuration requirements. As a result, only 2.3 systems continue to be used to ensure a smoother user experience. The fragmentation of Android poses a lot of problems for Google, handset makers, operators, developers and users, and these issues open the door for Android rivals to nibble their market share.