CafeKampuchia
Android Expert
This is a hard question to answer definitively. Android isn't where it is because of one phone (unlike Apple) but because of several important phones.
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What has been the most important Android?
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you lost me at .. cheap
Sak01
Android Expert
I'm probably also biased but I do believe in the UK (and probably the rest of Europe) it was the Desire. We didn't get the Evo 4G or the Droid so it's hard to compare.
The GS3 has had the biggest global impact by far but I'd say momentum had already turned in favour of Android by the time it was released and it was just a matter of which manufacture could best capitalise on it.
The GS3 has had the biggest global impact by far but I'd say momentum had already turned in favour of Android by the time it was released and it was just a matter of which manufacture could best capitalise on it.
I thought the rest of the world got the Milestone which was essentially the Droid but introduced the world to encrypted bootloaders.
davoid
Android Expert
I'd never heard of the Milestone until you mentioned it just now. Mind you, after I took possession of my Desire, I didn't keep up with the new releases for quite a while because I was totally happy with my phone and I didn't like the look of the new HTC phones, even thought they were dual core, etc. I did become vaguely aware of a device released called the Galaxy S2 which was apparently pretty good though.
Yeah, we got the Milestone but many months after the Droid, with no real marketing, and it didn't make much impression on the market. I saw more Desire Zs than Milestones in the wild. Unfortunately Moto haven't been much interested in European markets lately - we got the RAZR I, but not the higher end ones. Hope they think global for the X.
I still see a few Desires on the street (or train) each week, in addition to my own.
Although the SGS3 is the highest profile phone, I'd agree with the previous poster who said that the momentum was already there.
I still see a few Desires on the street (or train) each week, in addition to my own.
Although the SGS3 is the highest profile phone, I'd agree with the previous poster who said that the momentum was already there.
SUroot
Extreme Android User
No question: it was the Desire (slightly biased as I had one): that was the first 'hit' Android phone. Nothing before it really sold well - no even the original Nexus that it was based on.
The Desire looked good, was reasonably high quality, had a decent spec (for the time, though it was beaten very, very soon afterward) and the O/S was mature enough to start to really compete with iOS. It was also the first 'droid to win phone of the year in lots of publications.
Compared to what came (very soon) after it, the Desire was a bit pants (500MB of RAM was never going to be enough), but it was the Desire that kick started the market and after it, Android went from strength to strength.
The Desire was the Stalingrad of the war with Apple
Totally agree.
It was also available in the USA. I know there was a US cellular / CDMA version.