The year 2014 has started, which is expected to be a busy year in the technology market, and we reviewed in Previous article What do we expect Apple to offer this year, and we mentioned the rumors about the watch and the large-sized iPad and also that the smart TV will not see it in 2014, and finally what is the future of 5c and the shape of the iPhone 6 PleaseIn this article, we review the competing companies and systems, to know what will face Apple and its devices this year?
Google:
The year 2014 is considered an important year in the history of Google, so now the Android system accounts for an estimated two-thirds of the smart phone market, and we see various products working with it, even smart watches. And some began to talk about the arrival of Android to car systems. Google also in 2014 will release smart glasses for the average user, since its release, it is special and exclusively for developers and on special order. Google will also expand in the world of personal computers, which managed to make a surprise and a big jump in the share of sales, sometimes surpassing Apple devices. Of course, it will introduce the new Nexus 10 tablet, which will have a high-quality "analog" screen, and will also release the Nexus 6 and finally the Android 5 operating system, which we will talk about in the following paragraph:
Android:
Many expected Google to launch System 5 this year, but it seems that commercial agreements with Nestle led to the emergence of "KitKat" and the launch of the fifth system was postponed to a date in 2014 and may be at the I / O conference, which is expected to be in mid-May next year and be Basem B “Lime Pie” and so far there is no confirmed information about the form or specifications of the system, but the news expects (or wishes) the following:
- Significant improvements in performance and features that facilitate the Android operating system, and of course that the system provides the feature is better than adding it as a standalone application that affects the speed and performance. And just as I started with KitKat, Google will pay attention to improving performance in the future.
- Improving integration between devices, as we know that one of the advantages of iOS is the great integration between Apple devices in everything, the cloud does not transfer numbers and notes only, but it even results in games, and on any page in the book you read it stopped, the sites that you open and the movie that you watch, that is, you can You start any work on any device and move to the other to continue your work without stopping. Google already has cloud services, but it will seek to develop them to defeat this point in Apple.
- Continue to develop hangout, especially video communication, in order to compete with FaceTime from Apple and Skype from Microsoft.
- Store improvements and promo code introduction.
- Google Now services (similar to Siri) in several new languages.
And more advantages, which this is not its place, but Google will aim to dominate the market.
Samsung:
The electronics giant in the world and the largest manufacturer of mobile phones, whether smart or regular, in 2014, Samsung is expected to introduce new and some different products such as expanding in foldable devices, and also something that will be a happy surprise for its fans, which is to offer a metal phone and not plastic like the rest of its devices. The fashion for aluminum devices started with the iPhone 5, then Nokia 925 and HTC launched the "One" device, who came with designs that liked millions, and now it's Samsung's turn to show us a metal device, but experts believe that it will be a separate category, not the S5, which we expect to see at the end of the first quarter of this year. Also, not the note. It is worth noting that Samsung is expected to release devices this year with a 64Bit processor and also a 4GB memory, and this is the first time that we will see a phone with this memory, which seeks a twist in performance with the 64Bit processor.
Sony
Sony suffered big financial losses, but with the beginning of 2013, the company expected high profits, and last November, analyzes of the company's sales showed that Sony was achieving good sales and actually achieved profits, but it was less than expectations, which is good - the return of profits - and bad - less than expected - . At the end of the year, Sony released several wonderful devices such as the Z Ultra and others, and if the company continues in this way, it is expected to increase its share in the market, especially after many users mentioned that the modified Android version of the Sony system has become better than the past, that is, Sony is stepping forward with steady steps.
: HTC
The Taiwanese industry giant HTC, which continuously provides devices with great design and performance, such as One, but at the same time achieves successive losses that lead to the shrinkage of the company more, which makes 2014 important for it so as not to enter the specter of bankruptcy is the other, despite the impressive devices it provides. This will be the company's goal. In the new year. It is also expected to ally with Amazon, as we will mention in the last section.
Nokia / Microsoft:
Nokia: As we expected last year, Nokia's deteriorating condition ended up selling to Microsoft, and the latter paid less money for Nokia than it paid to acquire "Skype". Nokia will now summarize its expectations in the release of Windows devices, and perhaps the third generation of the Surface Tablet is produced by Nokia, so why do other companies manufacture Microsoft devices when it has a company that has occupied the first place in the world for many years? Perhaps the reason is the lack of a tablet for Nokia, but the latter launched its wonderful 2520 device months ago, as if it was training well to produce the tablets of its new owner.
Microsoft: There is no fundamental difference between Microsoft and Nokia's plans, on the mobile level, it is said that Microsoft will cooperate with Huawei and provide a range of devices less than $ 200 to low-income countries in Africa, and it will also continue to pressure companies and provide incentives for them to increase the number of Windows 8 phones, which is expected To issue a final version of it (8.1) for phones, and it will be updated within months or weeks.
Amazon
There is no doubt that Amazon is working great on the "Kindle Fire" tablet and released the third generation of it, which came with superior performance and outperformed most of its competitors - Android - especially because its price is much lower than all tablets of the same size category, whether issued by Apple - iPad - Or Samsung Galaxy. In 2014, many expect that Amazon will release its own phone during this year in cooperation with HTC at prices much lower than the iPhone, Galaxy S, Note and others, and if this happens, Amazon will achieve a leap in its market share for this year.
Black Berry
It may be the only company that does not know what is coming for it and the experts are confused about what to predict for it, perhaps because the people of the BlackBerry themselves are not doing what is going on. The company faltered and its market value collapsed, it issued the wonderful System 10 and some expected it to rebalance it, but it did not bring the desired results, so expectations moved that it would be acquired, but the company rejected the offers of Huawei, Dell, Microsoft, Apple, Google and dozens of other companies to acquire it. Experts expected that it would split into a hardware company, and these would be sold or closed, a systems and applications company, and this would continue, but this also did not happen. Finally, BlackBerry decided to fire its president and most of the managers and conduct a broad restructuring of the company. If BlackBerry owners do not make up their minds, the company will continue to flounder for 2014 as well and continue to make losses.
New players on the field:
In 2014, it is expected that the players in the smart operating system market will increase with the release of the final version of the "Ubuntu" system for phones as well as the new "Jolla" system and other systems. It is difficult for any system to stay strong in the market because behind them are small companies, not Apple, Google, and Microsoft. So companies strive to make their systems workable on Android phones, so that their buyers can enjoy their system. You can watch the following video to learn about one of the promising new systems, such as "Jolla"
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