> Android was a choice. Not the obvious one. Seriously how many Android manufacturers are really successful? Samsung? Google? Pretty much everyone else is completely interchangeable in the crowd of low cost devices.

> LG, HTC, Sony …etc have all but disappeared and they all chose Android.

Yeah, but that took a decade or more. Going with Windows was an insta-death. Going with Android would have given them at least a decade to decide on a strategy.

Windows over Android was an insane choice, no matter which angle you look at it from.