

How will Windows Phone partners feel about a Microsoft direct smartphone?






Source: Wall Street Journal

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Competition is good
By Florinator on 11/2/2012 11:56:22 AM , Rating: 3
How will Windows Phone partners feel about a Microsoft direct smartphone?

Who cares, they need to get over it, competition is good. I actually liked Elop's comment when asked about that rumor. He said something along the lines of, we welcome more competition in the WP8 ecosystem.

RE: Competition is good
By RufusM on 11/2/2012 2:36:27 PM , Rating: 2
Microsoft should make their own phone. If their OEMs don't like it they can build Android or WebOS phones.

Microsoft could never do this with PCs because they held monopoly position in the market. With tablets and phones, Microsoft has a small share so they should start making their own hardware. If they can do it better, they will outsell the OEMs and start controlling their future rather than relying on OEMs completely.

