Uphando ixhalabile ngokukhula kwe- Samsung kunye nobume bayo bobunkokeli phakathi kwabavelisi bamaqabane e-Android, ngokwe Wall Street Journal.
Ngexesha lentlanganiso kunyaka ophelileyo, u-Andy Rubin, umlawuli we-Android, uxelwe wathi "uyayamkela" impumelelo ye-Samsung, kodwa wayexhalabile malunga nokuma kukaGoogle ngokubhekisele kwi-Samsung xa kuthelekiswa nabantu abakhuphisana nabo. Ngoyena mthengisi mkhulu kwimarike ye-android, i-Samsung inokwenza iimfuno ezahlukeneyo kwabanye abenzi kwi-Android, okanye okubi kakhulu, inokuhamba ngendlela yeAmazon kwaye iphuhlise uhlobo lwayo lwenkqubo.
Samsung Sele ingumnini we-39,6% yentengiso ye-smartphone yehlabathi, kwaye uninzi lwezi zixhobo lusekwe kwiqonga likaGoogle. Abanye abavelisi abanjenge-LG kunye ne-Motorola yakwaGoogle abanampumelelo efanayo nge-Android. Le meko ibangela ubudlelwane bokuxhomekeka phakathi kwezi nkampani zimbini.
Kule meko, i-Motorola inokuba likhadi lexilongo likaGoogle. Ifunyenwe ngo-2011, iimveliso ezisungulwe yiMotor Mobility phantsi kweambrela zikaGoogle azonelisekanga kwintengiso, kodwa isenokuba yeyona nto iphambili kuGoogle ukugcina ulawulo kwinkqubo.