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Heh, there will be a rude awakening when they try AOSP or the open-source Android.. "wait, it doesn't have a launcher?"

No, seriously, AOSP is very far from useful. That's before you consider that to run Android on any sort of recent hardware, you need manufacturer support from the chips you are using, which you can't get if you are barred from trade with them.



Hasn't AOSP always had a launcher? https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Laun... is the current one.


Almost none of the Chinese phones use barebones Google Android. They all have their long established skins and launchers (EMUI, MIUI etc)


Huawei has pretty much everything their own including launcher, dialer, email etc




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