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Originally Posted by pl001
We all know the only other "decent OS" option out there for them was Android. Which as I mentioned before, nobody is making money off of except Samsung, who already had a huge head start on Nokia in that market.
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http://www.businessweek.com/articles...-all-the-money
Google is so concerned about Samsung "hijacking" the android market they resell a version of the Galaxy phone stripped of the Samsung value-add apps and kneejerked a purchase of a smartwatch vendor (WINN Labs) the moment they heard the Galaxy Gear is incoming.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/50...abs-galaxy.htm
Google does all the work and Samsung makes all the money.
Not a good business to be in.
Which is why I think HTC is next: they make good phones but no profits and, like Nokia, don't have the deep pockets needed go stay in the next phase of smartphone evolution--the migration to the feature phone price range. If HTC and the rest of the android herd can't make money in the premium phone segment, what are the odds they'll make money selling cheaper phones?