I think Google would rather try to make something like Apple's record profits on their handsets, than try to undermine everyone else by subsidizing their own ph

I think Google would rather try to make something like Apple's record profits on their handsets, than try to undermine everyone else by subsidizing their own phones. Also, a $25 discount on a $500 phone means nothing. A $25 discount on a $100 phone is quite a lot. So it makes more sense for them to subsidize the cheapest models, so more people can get them, rather than the high-end ones where it barely makes any impact anyway. This acquisition will probably pressure Microsoft to buy Nokia, too, although I think they were already planning on doing it, but after they see what kind of sales Nokia will have with its first WP7 phones.