Teh One Who Knocks
12-16-2013, 08:49 PM
Richard Goodwin - Know Your Mobile
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In a bid to change the Nokia-dominated Windows Phone landscape, Microsoft has reportedly offered Samsung $1 billion to produce more handsets running Windows Phone.
News of the “initiative” comes via Eldar Murtazin who, once again, took to Twitter to disseminate details of the offer. According to the tweet, Microsoft is offering Samsung $1 billion a year to produce smartphones carrying Windows Phone.
Back in the day Microsoft offered a similar deal to Nokia when they joined forces. As a part of the agreement, Nokia received $250 million every quarter from the Redmond giant as "platform support payments", reports GSMArena.
Nokia devices currently account for around 90% or all Windows Phone shipments. Microsoft is keen to address this issue and is believed to be taking steps to make its mobile OS more attractive to hardware players going forwards.
Last week, reports suggested Microsoft is seriously looking into abolishing license fees for its Windows Phone and Windows RT software, thus making it as cheap as Android for OEMs like Samsung, HTC and LG to use inside their handsets and tablets.
Microsoft has not yet commented on either report in an official capacity. But the company has seen steady growth for its mobile OS throughout 2013, and will be looking to expand its reach considerably in 2014. Getting Samsung’s unwavering support would be one sure way of doing this…
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In a bid to change the Nokia-dominated Windows Phone landscape, Microsoft has reportedly offered Samsung $1 billion to produce more handsets running Windows Phone.
News of the “initiative” comes via Eldar Murtazin who, once again, took to Twitter to disseminate details of the offer. According to the tweet, Microsoft is offering Samsung $1 billion a year to produce smartphones carrying Windows Phone.
Back in the day Microsoft offered a similar deal to Nokia when they joined forces. As a part of the agreement, Nokia received $250 million every quarter from the Redmond giant as "platform support payments", reports GSMArena.
Nokia devices currently account for around 90% or all Windows Phone shipments. Microsoft is keen to address this issue and is believed to be taking steps to make its mobile OS more attractive to hardware players going forwards.
Last week, reports suggested Microsoft is seriously looking into abolishing license fees for its Windows Phone and Windows RT software, thus making it as cheap as Android for OEMs like Samsung, HTC and LG to use inside their handsets and tablets.
Microsoft has not yet commented on either report in an official capacity. But the company has seen steady growth for its mobile OS throughout 2013, and will be looking to expand its reach considerably in 2014. Getting Samsung’s unwavering support would be one sure way of doing this…