Google is preparing to part with Motorola Mobility, therefore, can not be considered a manufacturer of smartphones. However, this does not prevent the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Internet giant's Eric Schmidt to consider Apple as one of the top contenders of his company.
Now Google controls the bulk of the market for mobile operating systems, but Apple has successfully maintained high profitability with a lower lobe, and therein lies the difference approaches - the first prefers to cover more of the users with minimal specific profitability.
His thoughts Eric Schmidt shared in an interview Bloomberg, speaking in a campaign to promote his book "How does Google". Leading to the question of the attitude to queues for the new smartphone iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Schmidt replied that it was his surprise, as "Samsung's smartphones have been the same a year ago".
According to Schmidt, the strong competition between Google and Apple smartphones doing better and more accessible for consumers, and it's great. In India and China are already available sturdy smartphones costing less than $ 100, said a top manager. This achievement is the result of Schmidt believes a fierce struggle with Apple for a place in the smartphone market.