Ben Wood, a CCS Insight Analyst, foresees the coming of at least 50 Android smart phones next year.
This may seem like a huge number right, but if you consider all the confirmed announcements regarding upcoming Android phones for 2010, the number is not too hard to reach.
First off the bat is HTC. This Taiwan-based mobile phone manufacturer has had plenty of time with the Google OS, and that have developed several impressive Android phones. Just recently, it has been leaked that their company will be releasing 5 Android phones during the 2nd quarter of 2010. The phones are the HTC Bravo, HTC Legend, HTC Tide, HTC Buzz and HTC Salsa. Not included in that leaked info, but also announced is the HTC Espresso (which is the HTC Hero 2).
Sony Ericsson also has a very powerful mobile phone lined up for next year, the XPERIA X10, featuring hardware that is unsurpassed by any other device (short of the HTC Bravo).
So far, it is only December and that is already 7 devices from only two companies –it does not even count in Motorola, LG, Samsung and other mobile phone manufacturers.
50 phones do not seem like an unlikely number now. But what does this mean for the Google Android. Certainly, have more device means that the OS will be even more well-known. But this would also mean that the Android phones will be competing against each other with manufacturers on a bid to create the best Android device (they are already doing this).
One nice prediction about this is that Android devices will definitely be produced for the whole market scope. Originally, most Android phones were made for the higher-end markets, for people willing to shell out loads of money for the best specs available. With a congestion of Androids, we can expect to see phones made for affordable lower-tier prices.
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