famousringo said:
As OS vendors, Google and Microsoft aren't exactly selling to customers, they're selling to handset manufacturers and the carriers who contract them. Android offers a more established ecosystem, an OS which can be customized with UIs and pre-loaded software for differentiation, and does it at the low price of free (though usually the manufacturer chooses to pay for licensed Google apps). Even if a manufacturer were looking at each platform fresh, Android looks more attractive, and then you consider that most of them have already invested a lot of R&D working on Android handsets. Other than the Nokia deal, the only other big asset Microsoft has is that the price of Android keeps creeping up as Android vendors keep losing lawsuits. Sometimes free isn't so free, and it's easy to see how a manufacturer might decide to take shelter under Microsoft's umbrella rather than paying to fight Google's legal battles. |
Guys don't forget that:
1. You can only buy iOS with expensive phone
2. W7P also has not so small minimal requirments
3. Android runs on almost everything which means their phones are cheapest
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