Sony still in discussions with Microsoft over Windows Phone

[walsufnir]

eFKac said:

walsufnir said:

eFKac said:
But why? :-/

? Why not?

Why would anyone choose a more expensive Sony Windows Phone over a cheaper Xperia Android Phone? That's a dead end, don't understand why they even bother.

"We don't want to be a single OS manufacturer, I don't think it's a viable position in the long term"

And additionally, why should a Windows Phone device be more expensive than an Android device? Especially regarding the update disaster which Android has to face and didn't accordingly by now. Every manufacturer has to keep big inhouse teams to develop updates for their phones (if they do) - it seems that with WP this process seems a little bit easier. And there is not as much competition with other devices running WP.

Well, in the end: If Sony thinks they can make money with selling WP-devices they will do so.