In the build 2014 they announced a list of 12-14 vendors that are about to ship some new wp8.1, so I think that's not the case. Surely the fact that now MS con

In the build 2014 they announced a list of 12-14 vendors that are about to ship some new wp8.1, so I think that's not the case. Surely the fact that now MS control also the HW and can produce phones directly will not encourage, in the mid-long term, other manufacturers to use that os, also if it is license free.