In this post I’ll be looking at a something that has been bothering me for a while – How Android Smartphones Are Slowly Turning Into Commodities.

Starting from the end of 2016 till date Android smartphone design aesthetics have moved from being a bit bulky to being almost bezelless.



I appreciate that fact but every good thing comes with a little bad side and unfortunately the bad side of this issue might actually wreck the entire Android ecosystem if companies don’t come up with good enough designs to make people see reasons to actually get a new smartphone.

If you’re wondering what I mean by Android smartphones becoming commodities, well take a close look at this image below.



Can you tell the difference?




Forget about the specs for a while and take a closer look. You know how we all see printers like mere products with different prices, we would see smartphones that way soon. Apart from that the user experience on every Android smartphone is very similar so it’s still basically the same product built on different hardware with an identical design. Doesn’t that remind you of a digital printer or any other computer peripheral?



Even smartphone companies are aware of this hard truth, they want us to buy new phones but with everything in their lineup looking the same it’s harder to sell new flagship device.

So far only Huawei and Vivo aren’t experiencing problems in selling their flagship devices, the rest of the companies , Apple , Google and Samsung are finding it hard to sell their new smartphones and they are responding to this in different ways.



Google announced the Pixel 3A a few days ago, a smaller version of the Pixel 3 , Samsung and Apple have reduced the price of some of their devices (Apple’s price cut only affected China).

Sometime ago, Apple even had to reduce the speed for their older iPhones just to sell the newer ones.

I still give Samsung and Huawei a thumbs up for pulling off the design on the foldable smartphone. However they’re both still very expensive and not something average users would want to spend money on. Irrespective of the mishap that happened on the Galaxy Fold , I still think we can look towards foldable phones to bail the Android OS out. Hopefuly the next version of the Galaxy Fold won’t be a complete mishap.

Apple might actually survive the whole issue since they have total control over their OS, Android on other hand might not. Android Manufacturers should look beyond specs and give us something that would give us reasons to actually get a new phone apart from specs.

Credits to Oppo and Vivo that are pulling ahead in terms of smartphone innovation, coming up with new designs that are usually copied by other brands. The Samsung A80 for example still uses the pop up camera module but in a different way. So users basicaly get a camera that can flip.

Oppo is also planning to launch a phone with the camera beneath the screen this year as well. It seems Android brands need to take a cue from Oppo and Vivo if they want to keep selling their products

Source - https://www.naijatechguy.com/2019/05/android-smartphones-are-slowly-turning-into-commodities.html

cc mynd44

real talk man

nothing new is coming out of the smartphone world

what they need now is to come with something new like holographic display if not, anyway its a win win for the buyers

Imagine if Steve Jobs was still alive, who knows what awesomely cool innovation our phones would be equipped with.

Nowadays the aesthetics of mobile follow a linear trajectory. Today it's notch, tomorrow it's teardrop but it isn't enough. Point is everyone is at a loss of ideas on the next big thing for mobile design.

How i feel you copied this from a YouTuber "dave2d"

You basically typed out everything he said in his video, talking about pixel 3a

NaijaTechGuy:
In this post I’ll be looking at a something that has been bothering me for a while – How Android Smartphones Are Slowly Turning Into Commodities.

Starting from the end of 2016 till date Android smartphone design aesthetics have moved from being a bit bulky to being almost bezelless.



I appreciate that fact but every good thing comes with a little bad side and unfortunately the bad side of this issue might actually wreck the entire Android ecosystem if companies don’t come up with good enough designs to make people see reasons to actually get a new smartphone.

If you’re wondering what I mean by Android smartphones becoming commodities, well take a close look at this image below.



Can you tell the difference?




Forget about the specs for a while and take a closer look. You know how we all see printers like mere products with different prices, we would see smartphones that way soon. Apart from that the user experience on every Android smartphone is very similar so it’s still basically the same product built on different hardware with an identical design. Doesn’t that remind you of a digital printer or any other computer peripheral?



Even smartphone companies are aware of this hard truth, they want us to buy new phones but with everything in their lineup looking the same it’s harder to sell new flagship device.

So far only Huawei and Vivo aren’t experiencing problems in selling their flagship devices, the rest of the companies , Apple , Google and Samsung are finding it hard to sell their new smartphones and they are responding to this in different ways.



Google announced the Pixel 3A a few days ago, a smaller version of the Pixel 3 , Samsung and Apple have reduced the price of some of their devices (Apple’s price cut only affected China).

Sometime ago, Apple even had to reduce the speed for their older iPhones just to sell the newer ones.

I still give Samsung and Huawei a thumbs up for pulling off the design on the foldable smartphone. However they’re both still very expensive and not something average users would want to spend money on. Irrespective of the mishap that happened on the Galaxy Fold , I still think we can look towards foldable phones to bail the Android OS out. Hopefuly the next version of the Galaxy Fold won’t be a complete mishap.

Apple might actually survive the whole issue since they have total control over their OS, Android on other hand might not. Android Manufacturers should look beyond specs and give us something that would give us reasons to actually get a new phone apart from specs

The truth is some brands find it hard to come up with there own designs, they hereby copy other designs.

abdeiz:
Imagine if Steve Jobs was still alive, who knows what awesomely cool innovation our phones would be equipped with.

Nowadays the aesthetics of mobile follow a linear trajectory. Today it's notch, tomorrow it's teardrop but it isn't enough. Point is everyone is at a loss of ideas on the next big thing for mobile design.

They just copy themselves instead of coming up with there own designs.

yusfatedeeprof:
How i feel you copied this from a YouTuber "dave2d"

You basically typed out everything he said in his video, talking about pixel 3a

Nigerian bloggers na copy and paste

Most android phones look alike. And so? wetin dem wan resemble before.
Mr man, the difference is in the taste.

yusfatedeeprof:
How i feel you copied this from a YouTuber "dave2d"

You basically typed out everything he said in his video, talking about pixel 3a

Lol. I wish but this clearly isn't a transcript. Might be similar but definitely not the same. I watch a lot of tech videos so I can't say if there's any similarity to the particular dave2d video you're referring to

kingxsamz:
Most android phones look alike. And so? wetin dem wan resemble before.
Mr man, the difference is in the taste.

Taste in what part?

kingxsamz:
Most android phones look alike. And so? wetin dem wan resemble before.
Mr man, the difference is in the taste.

Taste in what sense?

bravesoul247:
They just copy themselves instead of coming up with there own designs.

I agree with you totally. They copy themselves verbatim lol. No atom of creativity in these lesser brands.

Such is expected. Phones will soon end up as slabs of screens. The major difference will be in their cameras, operating Systems, User Interface and their apps.

Apple already noticed this and has divested into other businesses including payments.

Huawei has gone the camera route and wants to make the best cameras.

Samsung? I don't know.

The rest are just there.

Besides, I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A with S-pen for sale

https://www.nairaland.com/5183106/samsung-galaxy-tab-s-pen-sale#78322017

Just basically copied this post from dave2dee and swapped a few things like the printer pics from jumia, and he's not even responsible enough to give the youtuber the credit despite being caught...mtcheew SHAME!

Blastedholligan:
Taste in what sense?

what makes a phone different from other phones is its specs. That's what I meant.

yusfatedeeprof:
How i feel you copied this from a YouTuber "dave2d"

You basically typed out everything he said in his video, talking about pixel 3a

watch the video on youtube today he should at least give the YouTuber credit because everything is copy word to word

NaijaTechGuy:


Lol. I wish but this clearly isn't a transcript. Might be similar but definitely not the same. I watch a lot of tech videos so I can't say if there's any similarity to the particular dave2d video you're referring to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otHviixLykI

shame !!! you basically copy everything word to word

Mayority:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otHviixLykI

shame !!! you basically copy everything word to word

Word to word indeed. I wrote this post like 2 days after watching this video and a couple of other videos so please kindly explain how this is the same as what dave2d said. I might have used similar examples but the post is different. Like I mentioned this is not a transcript

yeah,like how the likes of the pouvoir 2 have a high taste of battery

kingxsamz:
Most android phones look alike. And so? wetin dem wan resemble before.
Mr man, the difference is in the taste.