Chinese Android-Based Mobiles to Compete with iPhone

Apple in China

China is one of the fastest growing markets of tablets and smart phones with more than 900 million subscribers. According to Beijing-based research firm Analysys International, about 95 million smartphones are projected to be sold in the country this years.

Apple has dominated Chinese tablet and smartphone market proved by all sources. According to Techcrunch, Tim Cook , the new Apple CEO after Steve Jobs, confirmed that China contributed $3.8 billion in revenues in the Q3 and $8.8 billion in revenue in the fiscal year to date. That's huge. The passion for iPhone, iPad also spawn the hit of all types of clones for iPhone and iPad. That also explained why fake Apple stores exesit in the country. Apple has noticed the key role China plays and set up some strategy to consolidate it. One is that a budget iPhone 5 will be launched in China to target the wide audience here. Moreover, it is widely reported that Apple partners Chinese third carrier-Telecom to reach more audience.
At the same time, Android supassed iOS and takes more than 40% market share in the world. But in China, different local variants of Android exesits, all are not big enough to compete with iOS.

Facing Apple's huge success and the potential growth of Andorid in the mobile market, Chinese local device manufacture can't hold any longer. And several mobile company were founded to seize the momentum. Well, let's take a look. (Part of the info comes from insidemobileapps.com)

Xiao Mi (MIUI): A respected team of Google China and Microsoft alums led by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun is trying to move China up the value chain. Instead of being a commoditized mass manufacturer of Android devices, Xiao Mi is trying to be an integrated hardware and software company that creates high-quality phones with a polished user experience. It offers a popular modified version of Android called MIUI, that has a widely-praised user interface and can be downloaded for free. Using the buzz around this, it recently announced its first handset.

XiaoMi Phone

Dianxin (Tapas): Incubated out of former Google China head Kai Fu Lee's Innovation Works, Dianxin is creating a version of Android that's tailored for Chinese consumers. It's partnering with manufacturers like Acer and Sharp to bring phones with the Tapas OS to market.

Baidu's New Mobile Platform Baidu Yi: The Chinese search giant just unveiled Baidu Yi today, a mobile platform modeled on Android that will allow developers to distribute games and applications. And the lastest news that Baidu partners an international device manufacture Dell to deliver Android based mobiles phonesGoogle as it acquired Motorola with $12.5 billion. It was said unofficially that the first handset will launch in Nov. equipped with its application. Techology geek won't be surprized. It's kind of inspired by

Lenovo's LePhone: LePhone is a variant of Android that Chinese PC maker Lenovo introduced to help its smartphones stand out from the competition and fuel growth in its nascent mobile business. But it's been more than a year since launch and Lenovo said in its most recent quarterly earnings call that it shipped 81,000 LePads. It also said that it shipped 500,000 LePhone devices through the quarter finishing in March. These numbers are pretty low.

Leveno Lphone

China Mobile's OPhone: This is another flavor of Android driven by a powerful player in the ecosystem, China's largest carrier China Mobile, which has 622 million subscribers. Unfortunately, its future is uncertain as there have been reports that the operator may cancel the project in favor of a standard version of Android.

China Mobile Ophone

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