| kowenicki said: This is a rumour... but it could be a smart move if they play it right. Slightly fanyboy article that... Obviously pitched at the arse end of the market where android excels. I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole though, partly because I dont buy cheap phones and partly because I don't like android. |
Last I saw, ASP of the Lumia range was around $180. That's pretty "arse end" for anybody who isn't a white box. If Lumia were on this chart, it would be awfully close to "Other Android":
I don't really see the point myself. Nokia knows the acquisition is happening. None of their new overlords will be thrilled if they ship an Android. Customers would feel confused at best and abandoned at worst (par for Nokia these days, I guess). And you really can't beat the prices those aforementioned white box OEMs offer unless you're getting subsidized by the PRC and willing to accept margins so faint, they're only detectable by trained hounds.
Why make a move where nobody wins?
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