Android, lelo sistimu yokusebenza namuhla ehlala kuma-smartphone namathebulethi abasebenzisi abaningi emhlabeni jikelele, isineminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ikhona. Nokho, impumelelo yayo ayindala kangako. Futhi yilokho, Android empeleni yazalelwa ukuze ibe uhlelo lokusebenza lwamakhamera, afana nalokhu i-Samsung Galaxy Camera eyikho namuhla.
Kuyahlekisa ngempela, kodwa kusho u-Andy Rubin, umsunguli we Android osanda kushiya iGoogle ngemuva kokuthi isikhundla sakhe sithathwe esinye isikhulu sale nkampani. Nakuba kwakuke kwavela isithombe sango-2004 lapho kwabonakala khona ikhamera enohlelo lokusebenza Android, iqiniso liwukuthi kuze kube manje besingakwazi ngokuqiniseka lokho Android yazalwa ekuqaleni ukuze ibe uhlelo lokusebenza lwamakhamera ezithombe.
Ngokusobala, futhi ngokusho kuka-Andy Rubin ngokwakhe, isizathu sokuchitha ngokushesha lokhu kungenzeka ukuthi imakethe yamakhamera analolu hlelo lokusebenza ayisoze yazuza ngokwanele, futhi yingakho bakhethe ama-smartphones. Futhi ngokunembile siyabona ukuthi amakhamera ahlangene anyamalala kakhulu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ama-smartphones asevele eqala ukuba nekhwalithi eyanele, kanti ngakolunye, amakhamera asezingeni eliphezulu ehlise intengo yawo, ngamamodeli ashibhile we-Nikon, Canon kanye ne-Sony.
Ekuqaleni, babesaba iMicrosoft neSymbian, bengayinaki ngisho ne-iPhone. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi iSymbian isicishe yanyamalala ngokuphelele, kuyilapho iMicrosoft ikude kakhulu namakhosi amabili ama-smartphones. I-Apple, ne-iPhone ne-iOS yayo, kanye ne-Google, ngemuva kokuyithola Android, ziqhelelene nezinye izimbangi iminyaka elula. Futhi kungenzeka ukuthi siphila enkathini engeke iziphinde uma kukhulunywa ngama-smartphone. Ngokusho kuka-Andy Rubin, "Ngingaqinisekisa ukuthi akukho okuzophinde kube njengalokhu esikhathini esizayo."