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...I don't get why. The Windows PC market is both much smaller than the android phone market, and generally lower end in terms of hardware and pricing. Apple
by mcphage 3y ago
...I don't get why. The Windows PC market is both much smaller than the android phone market, and generally lower end in terms of hardware and pricing. Apple sells boutique, expensive machines—but even still, their real money is in the phones.
So what would Qualcomm get out of this?
- QuarterReptile 3y agoPivot existing expertise and engineering into new segments before someone else does. Also, I would expect that having Windows on ARM would shift the loose Windows-Android connection into something more robust, which only stands to aid Android in gaining/maintaining market share. Laptops, phones, and tablets increasingly convergent segments, but x86 devices are sitting on the sidelines waiting to be rendered completely irrelevant in applications with battery life concerns.