Every one of those companies has survived by finding some way to decommodify their business. Lenovo and Sony by hardware design, Dell and HP by sales and servic

Every one of those companies has survived by finding some way to decommodify their business. Lenovo and Sony by hardware design, Dell and HP by sales and service. Also: Windows PC manufacturers have always attempted to differentiate themselves in software as much as was feasible. They were never as free to modify the platform as Android manufacturers are, though.