| Exactly. How much I like the idea of a truly open phone platform there are some obstacles: - Decent hardware available at competitive price -- While I could make do with some degraded performance for a truly open phone concept, most people would not, especially if price point is similar to, or higher, than established closed platform brands - Must have apps available - needed for wide acceptance -- My personal examples of must have apps: -- BankID (Swedish e-id, needed for banks, taxes, government sites, payments) -- Swish - Swedish app for personal micro transactions -- Public transportation apps (tickets/timetable) -- Bank application -- Signal Without these apps, a open platform phone would be next to useless to me. And I am a big proponent of open platforms. And looking at how reluctant BankID were to even support older version android phones, I am not optimistic to them adding a completely new platform to support. I know people who were forced to upgrade from "old" phones because BankID no longer supported their Android version, and phones would not get newer Android version. |