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Yes, they will have the choice of also selling Android handsets without Play Services, which before they couldn't do.

• s3r3nity 8y ago
  This. Samsung has already done deals with Microsoft and Dropbox previously to pre-load their services on some Samsung phones. Imagine if you could buy a "Windows" Android, with Office 365 + bing preloaded and optimized like a Windows Phone 2.0 sold next to a Google Android phone. As a consumer, I love having that type of option, and the manufacturer can also add their own software / services.
  • atomi 8y ago
    You lost me at preloaded.
  • makomk 8y ago
    Historically speaking, if I remember correctly, Microsoft has paid phone manufacturers and cell networks to set Bing as the search engine on their smartphones and completely disable the ability for users to change it. I reckon a large part of the reason Google ended up paying to set their search engine as the default on mobile is because otherwise many users would have to jump through hoops every time they searched just to use it. If this goes through, you will use Bing for searches on mobile and you will like it.