Nokia Filing Hints at Microsoft "Surface Phone"
Hopefully Microsoft doesn't follow Apple's lead
One company making both the software and hardware and not licensing that software out at all isn't ideal. That's great for making the hardware and software work better together, but not so good for innovation and consumer choice.
Well, I mean it is Microsoft. Wouldn't they natrually go with their own platform in windows phone? I'd be happy to see Microsoft start making their own devices, pretty much just to see what they can come up with. Any new competitor to the smartphone...
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It's really not a good business strategy to deliberately undermine one of your main marketing partners....
If Microsoft wants to make its own phone, they should do like Google with the Nexus phones and commission an OEM partner to make the hardware...
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If Microsoft wants to make its own phone, they should do like Google with the Nexus phones and commission an OEM partner to make the hardware...
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What do you mean that business strategy isn't ideal? Apple is making a killing do that. They have one phone that outsells every other phone there is.
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I think the Lumia 920 has been doing a killing in Europe...but you're right....Nokia has been in MS's corner, it would be kind of jerk move for MS to do that....
