Re:Microsoft to release Android-powered Nokia X2 handset
by NicoJuicy on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @07:06AM
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This could hurt manufacturers, who produce Android smartphones. If MS produces the phone in a low-budget segment and with decent quality. Manufacturers could consider WP with a higher profit margin, but that's my first guess.
My second would be hurting Google by not providing their services as default, while increasing traffic to their own cloud services.
My third guess would be increasing their global smartphone marketshare by entering the Android market and it's massive apps marketplace.
And a fourth guess, if 200.000 app makers enter the Nokia store, they could easily email all of them to consider converting their app to the WP market... With some clever subsidizing in place (eg. 0% cut the first 6 months, instead of the default 30%), it could increase the WP Apps quantity in a very short period.
My second would be hurting Google by not providing their services as default, while increasing traffic to their own cloud services.
My third guess would be increasing their global smartphone marketshare by entering the Android market and it's massive apps marketplace.
And a fourth guess, if 200.000 app makers enter the Nokia store, they could easily email all of them to consider converting their app to the WP market... With some clever subsidizing in place (eg. 0% cut the first 6 months, instead of the default 30%), it could increase the WP Apps quantity in a very short period.