Google's goal is to commoditize the hardware. They like that you can get an Android phone for $100 on a prepaid plan. In the long run, it's not the boutique OS on premium hardware that makes the most money, it's the company making ubiquitous software that runs on commodity hardware made by others. It's not in Google's interest that Android hardware is very profitable, it's in Google's interest that it's cheap.
Because it's not their business model. Focus is more important than chasing short term profits. Google's goal is to commoditize the hardware. They like that you can get an Android phone for $100 on a prepaid plan. In the long run, it's not the boutique OS on premium hardware that makes the most money, it's the company making ubiquitous software that runs on commodity hardware made by others. It's not in Google's interest that Android hardware is very profitable, it's in Google's interest that it's cheap.
LOL, I like you guys and you're pretty sharp etc, but you-all are really blinded by this stuff.
They're buying Motorola.
They won't even have to take Android private, the other manufacturers will be walking away.
Look at the companies Google has screwed over the years, (I'm not saying they're evil or anything, they're just competitive as hell and innovative, and that's a disruptive thing in business) They just spent 2 years worth of profits to buy Moto.
Android returns maybe $10/user/year in ad revenue, Apple makes $300/phone per user.
If Google focuses on mid to high end phones with Moto, kills the fragmentation issue, polishes up the user experience, they make 30X more money than by giving away Android. The other manufacturers will build low to midrange phones, the occasional high end device, and Google can still collect ad revenue from the cheaper phones as well as their phones.
Walking away to where?LOL, I like you guys and you're pretty sharp etc, but you-all are really blinded by this stuff.
They're buying Motorola.
They won't even have to take Android private, the other manufacturers will be walking away.
Look at the companies Google has screwed over the years, (I'm not saying they're evil or anything, they're just competitive as hell and innovative, and that's a disruptive thing in business) They just spent 2 years worth of profits to buy Moto.
Android returns maybe $10/user/year in ad revenue, Apple makes $300/phone per user.
If Google focuses on mid to high end phones with Moto, kills the fragmentation issue, polishes up the user experience, they make 30X more money than by giving away Android. The other manufacturers will build low to midrange phones, the occasional high end device, and Google can still collect ad revenue from the cheaper phones as well as their phones.
They were losing money making them.How much was Moto making out of its phones?
Walking away to where?
The pasture isn't any greener on the other side.
When has Google said a half effort is enough in any of their endeavors? The corporate culture at Google is to kick ass, take names, and change the world...
Windows Mobile is a quick option, Samsung has Bada already, it's not like it's impossible for someone to develop a different OS either.
It's impossible to believe that Google bought Motorola just for patents or just to in the hardware market. They definitely want a piece of Apple's pie. I am not saying Samsung or HTC are going to be left out in the cold but I wouldn't be shocked if Google/Motorola collaboration leads to a line of high quality premium class Android devices.
They were losing money making them.
That's what I thought, I just wondered how pliable thought Google would make 30X as much by concentrating on phones not software.
This is why I can't see why they would want to jump all over the short sighted, short term strategy that a company like Apple uses.
What makes you think it is a short sighted, short term strategy?
That quote is messed up, Skywalker said that, not me.
I would never call what Apple does short sighted, just the opposite in fact.
LOL, I like you guys and you're pretty sharp etc, but you-all are really blinded by this stuff.
They're buying Motorola.
They won't even have to take Android private, the other manufacturers will be walking away.
What makes you think it is a short sighted, short term strategy?
...Samsung will probably start to release Bada OS'd phones in the US and putting it on higher end devices as they move away from Android.
That's the stupidest thing I've seen posted on this board, ever.
It's my opinion that Samsung is trying to be the Apple of Android pretty hard right now. That is to say, they want their brand to become synonymous with words like top tier, high quality, and premium. Their Galaxy S 2 phone is the nicest Android device ever produced and the sales are off the charts without it even launching in the US yet. They just hired Cyanogen too. Considering their efforts in the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab, I find it really unlikely for them to leave Android, even with Google putting its weight behind Moto.
I'm not saying the changes are going to come overnight, or that Samsung will completely dump Android, yet...
It's foolish to think things will stay the same though.