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> For the same reason Microsoft made the Surface and Google has the Nexus devices. The Nexus handsets are basically third party handsets with some input from G
by objclxt 13y ago
> For the same reason Microsoft made the Surface and Google has the Nexus devices.
The Nexus handsets are basically third party handsets with some input from Google, but primarily engineered and built by the hardware partner (LG, Samsung, etc). It's not really comparable.
Microsoft do engineer and build the Surface themselves, but last time I checked they just took a $900 million loss on it. Hardly great stuff.
- socceroos 13y agoYou've got to remember that Canonical have openly said that they wish to be the open source version of Apple - and to even exceed them, if possible. So when this philosophy collides with the practical approach of the Nexus series then you have this device.