Did you lose the bet? A large number of Android users are fleeing to choose iPhone, foreign media: consequences of cutting off Huawei's supply

When Huawei was cut by the US, companies that took the initiative to stand in line with the US were all engaged in a grand "bet". This is not a matter for a Chinese company, but for the entire Chinese technology industry. Refusing Huawei is equivalent to saying "no" to the entire Chinese market and 1.4 billion Chinese consumers, with serious consequences. And these companies that actively stand in line with the United States include ASML, Google, Intel, and so on. Among them, Google has already tasted the bitter gourd of cutting off Huawei's supply and lost the bet.

Recently, Google announced the latest data that the ownership of Android 13 system devices is only 14.7%, which is still a considerable gap compared to its main competitor iOS. It is worth mentioning that Huawei's self-developed HarmonyOS system has also forcibly taken some share from Google and Apple, becoming the world's third largest mobile operating system, which is Google's biggest "threat".

Meanwhile, according to a report by CIRP, a large number of Android users fled to choose iPhones between February 23, 2022 and March 23, 2022. It is clear that Google's position has been passively shaken. In the past few decades, Google's Android system has always been the "dominant" player in the mobile phone industry, and even in the era of Apple, Android phones are still "hot cakes" and highly favored by consumers.

But with the continuous improvement of the iOS system, the shortcomings of the Android ecosystem have been completely exposed, and a smoother iOS system has become the first choice for consumers, which is the main reason why a large number of Android users have fled to choose iPhones. Moreover, the price of high-end Android phones is getting higher and the price difference with iPhones is getting smaller. When the price difference is not significant, the mobile experience will become a key factor determining user purchasing behavior.

Compared to an iPhone, a high-end Android phone starts to get stuck after 1-2 years of use, while the latter has no problem after 3-5 years of use, and the system is still smooth. And if calculated based on the annual average cost, the price of iPhone phones is generally around 8K+. If calculated based on an average of 4 years of use, it only costs around 2000+per year, while Android phones need to be replaced after 1-2 years of use, with higher average costs and a significant difference in experience. How would you choose?

Objectively speaking, the key turning point why the Android ecosystem and experience have been separated by iOS is that Google has cut off Huawei GMS services. This is equivalent to completely ending Huawei's overseas business of mobile phones. Huawei was also forced to embark on the path of developing its own operating system. After Google lost Huawei, Huawei no longer contributed code optimization to Android, while Huawei focused on optimizing its self-developed HarmonyOS system. The Android ecosystem shrank, and the Apple IOS ecosystem continued to grow, widening the gap.

But overall, this is also Google's fault. In the context of global economic integration, Google is not doing business honestly, but instead participating in the US's unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises, which is quite foolish behavior. Enterprises should have taken their own interests as the premise, and without any evidence, relied solely on one mouth to launch a fierce attack on Huawei, which destined Android to go downhill.

Moreover, Google's crackdown on Huawei has also caused a "psychological shadow" for developers and other mobile phone manufacturers. Google, which is no longer neutral, no longer has the trust of its partners or the support of consumers, which is the main reason for Google's decline. But now it's too late for Google to wake up, after all, Huawei has its own operating system, Chinese people have their own mobile operating system, and Google Android will eventually be abandoned, just take time! What do you think of this? Welcome to comment and leave a message!