In the coming year, sales of smartphones running Android One, Firefox OS and Tizen increase significantly. Last but not least, to this will contribute to those customers who refuse multifunctional mobile phones in favor of the first smartphone . I must say that the price difference between these two classes of products has significantly decreased, and therefore to implement such migration is easy.
According to Gartner, in the third quarter of last year the share of feature-rich mobile phones fell to 34%, and by 2018 it will be generally reduced to 10%. That is, nine out of ten sold in the market new mobile communication devices will be smartphones. Microsoft's decision to abandon the production of mobile phones under the brand Nokia has pushed the smaller competitors of the company to do the promotion of the market more affordable smartphones running Tizen, Android One and Firefox - the cost of certain device models may fall to $ 50-100.
Mozilla Firefox OS its platform promotes supported by TCL (Alcatel), ZTE, Huawei and Spreadtrum processors developer . Already released 14 models of smartphones running Firefox OS, which is marketed in 30 countries. Some of them are offered at prices less than $ 30.
Google began promoting its platform Android One with the help of Indian manufacturers of smartphones in the local market, but in the current half their decisions within this concept will offer HTC, Asustek, Acer and Lenovo. From manufacturers of processors must connect Qualcomm and Mediatek.
Samsung Company, which should offer some alternative cheap Chinese smartphones, will start selling model Z1 running Tizen in the current quarter at a price of less than $ 100.