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fjtorres · 07-17-2014, 01:20 PM

Hardly unexpected since Nokia was non-viable as a standalone entity and MS did not buy it to keep subsidizing it indefinitely. The manufacturing sites they are keeping are the lowest cost *and* highest value-add ones; in Vietnam, Finland, China, and a reduced presence in California.

The focus on the two extremes is interesting: very low-end for volume propagation of WinPhone and the high end for corporate productivity. If they replicate it on tablets, we may get to see a very interesting Windowz mini tablet. And that could have big impact on ereading.
(x86 Surface/Xbox tablet well under $200, for example.)

07-17-2014, 01:20 PM	#8
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Hardly unexpected since Nokia was non-viable as a standalone entity and MS did not buy it to keep subsidizing it indefinitely. The manufacturing sites they are keeping are the lowest cost and highest value-add ones; in Vietnam, Finland, China, and a reduced presence in California. The focus on the two extremes is interesting: very low-end for volume propagation of WinPhone and the high end for corporate productivity. If they replicate it on tablets, we may get to see a very interesting Windowz mini tablet. And that could have big impact on ereading. (x86 Surface/Xbox tablet well under $200, for example.)