Android Phone
product on 3 shows · 9 statements across 9 episodes
the a16z Podcast
Big Technology
20VC
9 statements about Android Phone, every show
Winarski: Users will stop interacting directly with standalone mobile app interfaces
“So I do think that everybody will have their own Application business, but I don't think we'll see it the same way as we do today with your iPhone or Android phone.”
Traynor: Google could offer free Android phones funded by intent-layer bidding
“I could totally imagine Google doing a thing where they give away effectively free Android phones, powered by the fact That they now control the intent layer, which is when you say, okay, Google, call me a taxi. Google goes and they get you whatever taxi, whic…”
Casado: Zero-click phone exploits cost $2M-$2.5M on the black market
“If you were to buy on the black market an exploit to break into a phone, for example, an Android phone, it would cost about 2.5 million dollars if it doesn't require the participation of the user. If you wanted to break into an iPhone, it's about two million d…”
Evans: Unsubsidized Android smartphones cost as little as $30 in rural Uganda
“But you can get an Android phone for 30 dollars today. Not 30 dollars with subsidy and contract. 30 dollars cash in a market in rural Uganda. You can buy an Android phone for that.”
Evans: Nokia Windows phones felt more premium than any Android device
“I actually always felt that the Nokia Windows phones felt more premium than any premium Android phone”
Evans: Over 95% of non-China Android devices run latest Google Play Services
“So on the one hand, something like 96, 97% of all live Android phones outside China Where Google isn't present, but all the ones outside China that are therefore mostly connected to Google. Over 95% of these things have the latest player version of Google Play…”
Chen: Apple will never make an Apple Watch compatible with Android
“So you're never, you're not going to see watch that works with an Android phone, right? Like, they're just not going to do that.”