Can you get a phone that doesn't use anything from Google or Apple?

Are you looking for a smartphone that respects and values ​​your privacy, do you have concerns about the breach of your personal data by companies like Google and Apple, if you are thinking of looking for alternatives to Android and iOS, on the Internet you will find other systems like Lineage which works based on Android and there Sailfish system is based on Linux and many others, but the problem is that these systems assume that you have an advanced level of technical knowledge that far exceeds the level possessed by the average user and this makes things difficult, if the solution is and are there any smartphones that are 100% free of programs and tools Google and Apple.

The answer is very easy, because you can have a phone like Nokia 105 (2017 release) Or Nokia 106 Dual SIM (2018 Edition) Both phones work on 2G technology only, but they provide built-in FM radios through which you can send text messages and make phone calls and do not rely on any Google or Apple technologies.

Of course, you may want to do a few extra things on your smartphone like surfing the web and reading emails and in this case, you'll need a small palm-sized computer that you can carry in your pocket like GPD Pocket 2 Or One Mix Yoga or even One Mix 2S These tiny laptops run on the Windows 10 operating system.

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The problem is that most users want to use things they are accustomed to, although there are viable alternatives and sometimes they are better, but you have to make some effort and use them, but many do not want to make the effort, so you will quickly find them going to Google services again such as the famous email service Gmail Or watch their favorite videos on YouTube or search for a place in Google Maps and perhaps browse the web through the famous browser Google Chrome, which is the most widely used, and if you think about making some effort, even a little with the desire to get some services, you can try the Nokia phone Nokia 8110 Known as "Banana", which runs on the KaiOS operating system, it is a system intended to work on traditional and non-smart phones and allows phones to run applications such as WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook and Google Maps, and is considered the second most popular system in India.

series of failures

The truth is, that we have a duopoly in the field of smartphones by Google and Apple and not the reason not to try, you may remember Microsoft's attempt to compete with its operating system Windows Phone and actually succeeded in exceeding Apple's share in many global markets However, the lack of applications was the straw That broke Microsoft's back and made it give up and lose billions of dollars.

Although, you can still get Windows Phones but most of them date from 2015-2016 and soon these phones will become unavailable so I don't recommend buying them.

Also, a company like Canonical had the honor of trying in the smart phone market through the Ubuntu operating system based on Linux, but due to the lack of interaction with the system, the company failed and was stopped working to be embraced by the developer community.

There are some smart phone manufacturers that have established their own operating system, such as the Korean giant Samsung with its Tizen system, where a series of phones with this system was launched in India, but it did not achieve the desired results, but it relies on the Tizen system in Samsung smart watches, while LG has the WebOS operating system, which I got it from HP in 2013 and it first appeared on Palm Pre smartphones in 2009, but LG decided to rely on it primarily in its smart TVs.

glimmer of light

Things may change when the current US President Donald Trump awakened the Chinese giant Huawei. After the decision to ban and exclude the Chinese company from using American equipment and technology, Huawei was already working on developing an operating system compatible with Android applications, currently known as Hongmen OS, as an alternative after companies such as Google stopped dealing with it. Huawei and this incurred potential losses in sales, as well as its inability to develop any future phones.

But there seems to be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, as China has a strong incentive to replace American technology with domestic alternatives, and although it may take some time, but in the long run it will harm the interests of both Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Apple and many other American companies, too. The European Union's antitrust case against Google and the imposition of fines on the global company for abusing its control to prevent some sites from displaying competitors' ads on their search results, and that Google's stumble could present an opportunity for phone manufacturers by offering alternative browsers and search engines in European continent The major players Samsung and Huawei can also test Android phones free of Google services and will find interaction by users in those European countries.

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Whatever happens with Apple and Google, the user buys smartphones to run applications and most applications seem to threaten privacy, and this was confirmed by a study conducted by the University of California, which found that about 70% of applications share your data with third parties, where user data is important To target him with a lot of ads and find out what he likes and visits on the web, and for this reason, Google has blocked applications that protect privacy such as Disconnect.me, which it removed from its store without any reasons, but the real reason is that it works to block ads, and of course ads are a huge profit source for the company.

Conclusion

Within a decade, the smartphone has become the basis of the lives of millions of people everywhere in the world, and although the race between the companies that manufacture smartphones still exists and there is fierce competition, the battle over the operating systems and platforms for those smartphones is over. Apple has long been winning IOS and Google Android.

Source:

The Guardian