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Yerm on 11 July 2016

or they could just start making 3DS systems with smartphone capabilities. I mean, they have had patents for it in the past



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gatito on 11 July 2016

They should release it alongside NX and HDS.



Slarvax on 11 July 2016

So instead of inderictly competing against Apple and Samsung, directly compete and fail against Apple and Samsung?



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Screamapillar on 11 July 2016

Well, you answer your own question. If it was a smart device, it wouldn't be a handheld. It would be a smart device.

So if Nintendo were to somehow release a smart device (not going to happen, they are $600 without cell phone plan subsidies), it would mean they've stopped making dedicated handhelds and have moved over to smart devices entiey.



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jardesonbarbosa on 11 July 2016

It would flop. But integrating Smartphones into their current model of consoles and handhelds is something I expect.



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Never on 11 July 2016

I have a phone I'm happy with. I want a handheld but if they could release a handheld and phone verion simultaneously, without compromising the hand held for sake of the phone version, I wouldn't object.



Frogger on 11 July 2016

It would fail.



Cloudman on 11 July 2016

I don't think it would be that successful. There are already many different kinds of smartphones right? What would make people buy a Nintendo phone above the rest?

I def would not want to be playing their games on a phone, that's for sure...



 

              

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Platina on 12 July 2016

Most likely wouldn't be a good idea..



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Soundwave on 19 July 2016

I've been against this idea ... but now ... I'm starting to hedge against it.

They wouldn't outsell the iPhone or Samsung ... but everyone else .... hmmm. Hmmmmmmm.

They'd have to use a forked/custom version of Android to have app support, but Amazon already does this, Nintendo could do the same and keep the licensing fees for apps to themselves.

I mean could they sell 25-35 million phones/year doing this? Well Apple ships like 220+ million/year, so Nintendo doing even 15% of that would be more hardware sold than what the PS4 is shipping right now.

$249.99 w/o Phone functionality

$399.99 w/Phone functionality and high end camera.

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