Xiaomi, Oppo, vivo and OnePlus are rumored to be exploring the idea of Android without Google
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LOVECAT, 16 hours agoAsia will be good they don't use Google services and h... moreNokia were taken down by special agent steven elop
I was in nokia Symbian "3rd part / partnership" program
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Hr, 18 hours agoPixels are the worst phones I have ever used. Overheating, ... more10years+ ago
I bought sony xperia z & LG nexus
Both have snapdragon s4
But the different is light and day
The sony have amazing battery life
The LG nexus is roughly half of it
Google OS optimization is bad
The other vendor (especially the Chinese) is way ahead
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potato4k, 18 hours agoLOL
They could make the best OS you could think of (highly... moreWhen you said gmail youtube google maps
I know you must be American
Because you so out of touch
You don't know outside usa
Tiktok have replace YouTube
Gmail... Who cares
Google maps have other alternative too
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- 16 hours ago
Asia will be good they don't use Google services and have alternative. But outside of asia their profits will be dropped almost to 0 like Huawei is now.
Russians will find an alternative to use Chinese phones more easily than the rest of the world, Africa will use whatever phone they can, but Europeans are too dependent on Google services.
It was necessary to create an alternative a long time ago and not rely on an American OS, but the only company that had the resources and means was Nokia before 2010. They were unable to make the transition quickly enough with the introduction of touchscreen devices. And they decided then to use Windows, which was quite good as an OS and its features were introduced many years later in Android. But because the developers did not want to develop applications for another OS, no matter how much money they poured into MS, it was not possible.
Like any future OS, if it is not, so to speak, approved by developers to develop applications for it and release rapid updates to these applications in sync with Android and iOS, it will die quickly like windows phone/mobile.
In the modern world where more and more devices are starting to rely on their connectivity - phones, watches, smart kitchen appliances, smart cars, etc. - relying on one or two OS from the US could mean if they want banning the respective OS and literally causing an entire country to stop functioning and return them to the Middle Ages.
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EcoblueEnjoyer, 19 hours agoThat would not be remotely sufficient. Imagine lacking maps... moreYeah, gmaps would be missed. But I think it's not a deal breaker.
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Powerasp, 03 May 2025Quite sure your thinking is flawed. If these 4 chinese vend... moreLOL
They could make the best OS you could think of (highly far fetched to begin with), but it won’t go anywhere outside China. Google wouldn’t be bothered to make any apps on it.
Again, this has happened before. Windows Phone. Windows Phone was superior than Android in many ways back then, especially in smoothness of the UI on the same hardware and the innovative UI/UX. Yet what happened? No Gmail, no YouTube, no Google Maps, nobody will use your smartphone OS, no matter how good it is without Google.
That’s the sad reality. And I’m no Google fan. I was adamant that there should be regulations to force Google to unbundle Chrome from Android as one step to reduce the extreme reliance on Google. But I’m not naive. These Chinese OEMs are poor at software to begin with, let alone making their own OS. I mean how long did it take Huawei to get to HarmonyOS? And that’s Huawei who had the resources.
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Pixels are the worst phones I have ever used. Overheating, horrible display, tiny sounding speakers, network issues, poor battery life, and horribly slow charging. Apple's iOS doesn't even make sense to me and feels like a perfected useless toy OS for golden-spoon children. It's time for other brands like Chinese ones to do something bigger and better than the westerners'.
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After reading the comments i got the feeling of how good this world was in 2000's wen these mobile, os, social media craps weren't there everyone was like ❤️ n nowadays 🖤
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If you can't compete or keep up with the Chinese brands then put sanction on them. Typical western civilized @$$holes!
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Not just Chinese phone vendors, Samsung was always ready for the eventual weaponising of tech by the US. They've always maintained their own version of phone apps and appstore and their own supply of chips so they can be completely independent of US tech/Google when the hammer hits. It's interesting that Samsung was more prepared for this than Chinese phone vendors even though South Korea is such a staunch US ally. Maybe South Korea knows more about the US than China does having dealt with them more closely.
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Mr. Anonymous, 03 May 2025Doesn't need to be another OS, just an alternative Pla... moreThat would not be remotely sufficient. Imagine lacking maps, Gmail, google drive, google fit, or find device. There is also a good chance that they would have to go without western hardware like SoCs.
They already have their app stores figured out so all that they would need to do is include their app markets on global devices and market them to western developers. An email app would be very easy to develop, as would a messaging application and a fitness app. Google drive is replaceable, but it could be costly to offer a reasonable amount of space bundled with it. Find device would take some R&D but is absolutely manageable. The biggest issue would be making a decent maplication.
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Anonymous, 03 May 2025"I AM AMAZED THAT PEOPLE COMPARE MICROSOFT OS ENDEAVOU... moreHarmonyOS Next is turning out to be extremely good. GSMArena should review it along with the Pura X.
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Anonymous, 03 May 2025I completely disagree. Since trump attacking Europe I th... morewhile we don't rely so much technologicaly on chinese colaboration we rely more industrialy (and food 😅). Check the Balkan in EU.
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https://9to5google.com/2025/03/28/google-android-aosp-changes-announcement/
It seems to me that Little by little, maybe... the open source part will go away...
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Anonymous, 03 May 2025These Chinese manufacturers, besides OnePlus and Motorola, ... moreMotorola isn't a Chinese company. They're still an American company, albeit one owned by a Chinese company.
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anon, 23 hours agoin other words they will add bunch of junk bloatware '... moreAgree with you
I always uninstall Gmail apps because it has ads
I use thunderbird apps which is open source and better than close source gmail
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in other words they will add bunch of junk bloatware 'brand' apps you cannot uninstall. Then you have to waste more time to find and install all the Google apps every other phone has already.
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- 04 May 2025
OpenHarmony is available & opensource so they can use that instead of creating another OS from scratch.
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- 03 May 2025
IpsDisplay, 03 May 2025This is a horrible take/ sense of reasoning
Microsoft&#... more"I AM AMAZED THAT PEOPLE COMPARE MICROSOFT OS ENDEAVOUR TO HUAWEI"
They don't want us to try/sided with Huawei/China
So, this is their way to discourage us. Which is in here you can see
1. Microsoft failed, in the past many failed, so it will failed
2. It's China, don't trust it
3. China quality is bad, even their skin is bad