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> Samsung should go to court with them Yes. > and they should also cease any plans to launch WP7 phones Not quite. I guess you're asumming that WP7 phones ar
by barredo 15y ago
> Samsung should go to court with them
Yes.
> and they should also cease any plans to launch WP7 phones
Not quite. I guess you're asumming that WP7 phones are only beneficial to MSFT instead of both MSFT & Samsung.
What if, i'm not saying it will happen and i find it unlikely, Google starts hardening the Android rules for new releases? Samsung, as well as other handset manufacturers, need to diversificate.
Samsung has bada, but that's for mid, mid-low handsets. HTC & Motorola have nothing afaik (correct me if i'm wrong).
> They saw they can't make money with their own product
Yup
> while WP7 is not at all and it sits around 1% market share right now, and dropping.
I'm superinterested in smartphone stats, where's that dropping in WP7? it's not "super-growing", but it's not dropping either.
> Does Microsoft think this will make consumers more likely to buy their phones?
Consumers don't care about this.
- bad_user 15y agoSamsung has bada, but that's for mid, mid-low handsets Did you know that Samsung sold more Bada phones in 2011 Q1 than all WinMo 7 phones sold in that same quarter? Personally I think Microsoft is acting stupid. What will happen if Google wins the Oracle lawsuit? I'll tell you what happens - Android phone makers will grow big balls. And I don't think pissing off Samsung is smart.
- jimbobimbo 15y agoBada is in a different segment of mobile devices - not sure how you can compare WP7's sales with Bada's. "And I don't think pissing off Samsung is smart." Just see how it worked out for Apple.
- bad_user 15y agoBada is in a different segment of mobile devices - not sure how you can compare WP7's sales with Bada's. But they can be compared, as they are in the same market and more than that ... customers who purchased Bada phones, aren't able to purchase something else without a second contract for at least 1 year, or 2 years more commonly. I'm not sure how you can't compare WP7 sales with Bada, since one of them is clearly preventing sales for the other. Just see how it worked out for Apple. I'm not sure what you're suggesting here. Did I miss anything?
- jimbobimbo 15y agoWP7 caters to people who shop a smart device (same public who'd look at iPhone and Android). Bada is more of a feature phone on steroids. Apple sues Samsung for look-and-feel copying. At the same time Samsung does a lot of hardware-related stuff for Apple.
- nextparadigms 15y agoRumors are HP is going to license WebOS to Samsung. I think Samsung could run with WebOS, more than they ever did with WP7.
- barredo 15y agoI'd love to have a Samsung Galaxy 2 with WebOS...