Firefox OS Alliance Adds New Army targeting low-end mobile phone market spoiler

Firefox OS Alliance Adds New Army targeting low-end mobile phone market spoiler

Apple faced sluggish business, electronic OEM manufacturers Foxconn began to seek diversification strategy to get rid of dependence on Apple. According to media reports, Foxconn will soon join the Firefox camp, will launch Firefox-based operating system for smart phones. In fact, in addition to Firefox operating system, the launch of BlackBerry 10 BlackBerry, Samsung MWC2013 Conference to launch the Tizen, Ubuntu, etc., are the influx of new mobile operating system.

New forces are emerging, the operating system for mobile phones in a lot of vitality. These niche operating system from Google, apple, these three giants Microsoft grabbed a share of your very own stable still possible, but short of converting a large as. In this regard, the industry believes that the new operating system must be under foot Enhancing "external power" in the innovation system itself functions at the same time, we must mobilize the full range of global application developers, application development and product expansion, building improve the ecosystem.

Foxconn join Firefox camp

According to reports, Foxconn has recently been completed and Mozilla's communication and contacts, decided to join the alliance Firefox operating system. So far, Foxconn will become the first league Firefox OS 19 partners.

Firefox operating system since its launch has attracted widespread attention. In this year's MWC conference, Mozilla had announced a series of telecommunication operators and vendors to cooperate. However, apart from a few other powered ZTE Open Firefox operating system, and no more the advent of mobile phone operating system, Firefox message appears. This time, Foxconn join coalition Firefox operating system is expected to break the deadlock message. The media predicted that Foxconn will launch a Firefox-based operating system for smart phones. But is still unable to determine, this phone is Foxconn OEM for other brands of smart phones, or enable Foxconn own brand.

Foxconn began to seek cooperation with Mozilla's diversification strategy, which aims to get rid of dependence on Apple. Apple announced last month reported a second-quarter fiscal year 2013, net income for the quarter was $ 9.55 billion, down 18%, this is the first time in 10 years-quarter profit fell. Earlier media reports, Apple company has more orders and transferred to the Master, while Foxconn originally Apple's biggest foundry, affected by these adverse factors, Foxconn's parent company Hon Hai Precision recent quarter revenue up fell 19 percent, the biggest decline revenue hit a decade. Meanwhile, Pegatron's revenue grew 31%. One can benefit from Apple's success, on the other hand have to assume Apple's own Apple's decline in performance or loss caused by the transfer orders, Foxconn switch to Firefox camp system and unreasonable.

The partnership is Firefox operating system into the low-end smart phone market a good opportunity. Foxconn, the world's largest foundry, for the cost of the control and management of large-scale production has extensive experience, go for the low-end line of Firefox OS mobile products, cooperation with Foxconn will drive down costs and prices provided Firefox Help.

Manufacturers and operators have high hopes for Firefox OS

Mozilla Firefox operating system is launched smart phone operating system, the most significant feature of the operating system with Google operating system similar to the Firefox operating system fundamentally is a Linux-based web browser, there is no saying what native applications. To support HTML5-based WEB applications also allow Firefox operating system eliminates the application of worries, theoretically they Bian Zhuo system into a more open source and open systems. Therefore, the operating system has been a lot Firefox developer's close friends. April Spanish company Geeksphon on sale Firefox operating system development machine Keon and Peak, declared sold out within hours.

These features also allow mobile phone operating system equipped with Firefox prices can be as cheap as possible, which is designed mainly targeted at low-end devices, known even to the open source Android mobile phones sometimes these are not run. According to industry sources, equipped with Firefox operating system for mobile phones in the world almost bare metal sales price level of $ 120,150, equivalent to less than 1,000 yuan, if the contract will be more expensive machines.

Thus, the global mobile phone manufacturers and operators a more open, more open and low cost high hopes for Firefox operating system. For operators, by means of open systems platforms, can be arbitrary preloaded own applications and services, and through its own strong in the channels to promote, in order to obtain a greater voice in the industry and profits. For mobile phone manufacturers, Samsung has become an Andrews camp overlord; Andrews is moving toward closing argument back in Google against Acer production Ali cloud phone when the clamor; homogenization and version fragmentation problem has long plagued manufacturers. All under consideration, the Andrews camp through second-tier manufacturers have to find a new open system for more market discourse. And Firefox Android as the operating system and equipped with low-cost advantages of open source, giving manufacturers provide GeZongLianHeng opportunity.

Currently, including Sony, ZTE, Huawei and other large handset manufacturers and mobile telecom operators worldwide have joined the Firefox OS alliance. The first Firefox OS-based smart phones, has been in the market last month, a good response.

Challenge niche mobile OS giant long way to go

Mozilla Firefox is the main operating system for low-end smart phone operating system launched a, Mozilla said the company plans to form an alliance handset manufacturers, for the emerging market priced below $ 50 smartphone. For Firefox operating system to future performance, analysts StrategyAnalysis predicts 2013 global smart phone shipments in Firefox OS estimated to get 1% of the market share. Mozilla claimed that its goal is to win the global smart phone market share of 10%.

In fact, Firefox operating system is indeed a challenge to Android and iOS systems in the process are not alone, in addition to Firefox, the operating system is everywhere, first Sailfish OS phone release, Samsung also will release Tizen phone system, the company has just released BlackBerry OS BlackBerry phone. Combined with iOS, Android duopoly situation has become increasingly clear that, increasingly saturated market it is difficult to re-placement supports the emergence of a new operating system. For usage, unless there is a more convenient products appear, it would be difficult to convince ordinary users to directly replace the operating system.

These niche operating system can only be counted as mobile phone makers second choice, they are currently the focus of development will still be placed above the Andrew system. After all, the new system in consumer awareness is also very small, the quantity and richness of its application is also not work with Android and iOS par with other mature platform, without any vendor willing to a market outlook is still almost a blank operating system platform to spend too much energy. Relatively small minority of the mobile operating system whether there is one or two can stand out from Google Apple Microsoft grabbed a copy of these three giants completely stable share of their own, there may be, but to achieve a major breakthrough in fear even more difficult .