Tablet PCs running on the Android operating system are gaining a significant segment of the tablet market. Despite the big launches of competing operating systems, all tablet brands running on the open source Android operating system are generating the most sales. This implication for you as a technology device vendor is that the Android OS market is where you need to move your business.
Android Phone vs Android Tablet PC
Within the Android OS based device segment, it has various niches and two main contenders here are Android phones and Android tablets. Again, if you have been following market trends, discussion forums or technology leaders, you as a communication device vendor will now be able to identify that there will soon be a gap between the super-sized smartphone and the multi-tasking Android tablet. personal computer.
Android tablets are already off to a blistering start given their inherent open source software, use of multi-vendor hardware, and the fundamental characteristics of a well-performing device: connectivity, security, battery life, and affordability.
First advantage with Android OS Tablets: it’s free
The advantage of software developed in Open Source format is that it is free and everyone can use it. Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora are the various software names under which such free open source software can be developed. Second, anyone can use it, modify it, and share it back with the user community. In the case of the Android operating system (the source code or software to run tablets, phones or any other device), the free source code developed by Google is free for anyone to use. This is not the case with iOS or the Operating System that Apple used to develop its suite of devices like the iPhone, iPad or iPod. iOS is proprietary software that is kept secret by Apple and is not free for anyone else to use.
The Android operating system, although it belongs to Google, is free for any other manufacturer, etc., to use it in their own products, make changes to it, etc. The result is that manufacturers don’t pay for the operating system, but still have a superior, state-of-the-art operating system to put on the Chinese tablets they make. This is one of the main reasons for the low prices of Chinese tablets.
Second advantage with Android OS tablets: Affordable H/W, s/w and rich features
The Android operating system can be built to be compatible with commercially available hardware components. Therefore, Chinese manufacturers can build their Android tablets on cheap hardware. Again, some of the manufacturers use branded hardware, in which case, they become high value tablets but nonetheless less expensive than brand name tablets.
Also, the Android OS is fully enabled for the entire Google suite like Gmail, Skype, Google Maps, etc., so all tablets made with this OS will come pre-installed with the Google family. Advantage tablets from China.
Third advantage with the sale of tablets with Android operating system: it is legal
Therefore, it is not illegal to buy and sell tablets with Android operating system, since the inherent license of the software allows it. This is not the case with iOS and selling or buying outside of Apple Stores can sometimes be a high-risk investment.
Android tablets from Chinese suppliers earn as follows
Sellers can offer their most demanding buyers two value systems of tablets, a budget device of average performance and the second variety, which are high value and show performance that sometimes exceeds branded tablets such as Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy in the price department as well.
