Microsoft flatly denies any interest in building Windows Phone devices
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Microsoft flatly denied today that they have any interest in doing so, telling InformationWeek that they have no plans to manufacture their own phone. This is of some note, as Microsoft usually denies all rumors as a matter of policy. We’d guess that they don’t want to rile their Windows OEMs with silence, and so are changing their press policy in this specific situation.
Of course saying they won’t manufacture their own handset doesn’t rule out a Nexus-style project where Microsoft pays someone else to produce the phone – technically that’s what they did with the Kin, so it wouldn’t be a new trick. It also wouldn’t rule out purchasing Nokia’s phone division, something they were reportedly interested in at one time, and could become interested in again if Nokia’s value continues to plummet.
But for now Microsoft has the last word, and when it comes to WP8 handsets, the word (for now) is “No”.
source: InformationWeek via Daring Fireball
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7 Comments
1. som posted on 25 Jun 2012, 18:15 2 4
Microsoft is scare that Samsung will not installing WP8 in their phones.
5. jove39 posted on 25 Jun 2012, 23:58 1 2
MS is competing in market with tablet because partner OEMs...have been unable to produce a compelling Windows7 device to challenge iPad... undoubtedly...iPad is king of tablet market despite of several significant attempts by Android tablet manufacturers...MS just want to remove such a monopoly/dominance of iPad in market.
For WP8...there is already lot of competition...and MS don't really need to get into phone market...partnership with Nokia is just for the reason so that MS can focus efforts on building software...and let partners use it in devices.
6. neutralguy posted on 26 Jun 2012, 00:37 3 0
They're not scared of samsung not installing WP8. why would they be? with or without WP, microsoft will still be a giant.
2. tiara6918 posted on 25 Jun 2012, 20:34 2 0
Good idea microsoft, just let the manufacturers(nokia,htc,samsung and huawei) create the windows phone devices
3. tedkord posted on 25 Jun 2012, 21:10 0 0
Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but don't Microsoft also flat out deny they were making a phone just prior to the Kin fiasco?
7. Scott_H posted on 26 Jun 2012, 21:52 0 0
Your memory serves you well. That's why there are some judicious "for now" phrases thrown in.
4. remtothemax posted on 25 Jun 2012, 22:20 1 1
see, but Mircosoft is making phones
their phone making division is called Nokia
why would they go through all the trouble and risk of planting Stephen Elop who just happened to go from working high up in Microsoft to becoming the CEO of one of the biggest smartphone makers in the world at a time when they were extremely vulnerable
then invest a few hundred million in the company
only to turn around and undercut their own efforts by releasing a "pure" windows phone
we have the pure microsoft expereince windows phone
it's the Lumias 800 and 900
