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While I can't completely rule it out since I have no inside knowledge, this sounds like a terrible move. T-Mobile is in a commodity business and they aren't par
by davidfischer 14y ago
While I can't completely rule it out since I have no inside knowledge, this sounds like a terrible move. T-Mobile is in a commodity business and they aren't particularly successful at it. While the author tries to make the argument that Google needs retail help (recency bias, methinks), Google could put together a vastly better retail experience for far cheaper than it would take to buy T-Mobile. Unlike Moto, I don't think T-Mobile has any significant IP. Lastly, I don't think Verizon, Sprint and AT&T would be thrilled to now be in direct competition with their largest smartphone OS vendor?
- apendleton 14y agoNot disagreeing otherwise, but to your last point, a similar argument could have been made about smartphone manufacturers before they bought Motorola, and yet they did it anyway, and it hasn't stopped other companies from continuing to manufacture Android phones.