Microsoft has been working with different smartphone manufacturers for quite some time to make its Windows Phone OS a part of the global smartphone market. Due to this reason, several rumours have started to float around suggesting that the multinational corporation is probably developing its own Windows-based smartphone just the way it has earlier revamped its hardware facility by producing Surface RT and Pro tablets after producing their popular Windows operating system for PCs and notebooks. However, on Monday, April 15, corporate vice president of Windows Phone at Microsoft, Terry Myerson finally put a stop to the the speculation by saying that his company is not building a Surface phone at its Redmond campus.
Myerson made the statement at AllThingsD’s two day long Dive Into Mobile conference that was held in New York. The corporate vice president of Windows Phone said that Microsoft does not have any plans to produce its own mobile phone at this point in time, but one cannot completely rule out this option. He said that even if Microsoft were to produce its own mobile phone, they would have to be offering something more or what their partners were not producing. Here are the exact words from Myerson:
“It would have to be something where Nokia or HTC or other primary partners were not providing the consumer experience we think was possible on our platform.”
Interesting thing about Myerson’s statement was that the corporate vice president has directly mentioned the names of their partners HTC and Nokia, but he did not mention Samsung. This indicates that perhaps Samsung and Microsoft have lost the warmth in their relation, since the software company has developed a close relation with Nokia. Nokia is the only smartphone producer in the world so far that is completely dependent on Microsoft to run its smartphones with its Windows Phone OS.
Another reason behind the dull relation is that the demand for the Windows-based phone is quite low. Therefore, rumours suggest that Samsung is looking to flush its Windows Phone line, as the Korean manufacturer is now looking to focus on its future Tizen and Android-based phones.
Apart from this Myerson went on to criticise Android, as he said that it is “a mess,” but this was not a smart move by the corporate vice president because Microsoft so far has not been able to make its own Windows Phone platform a hit as compared to Google’s platform.
Source: PhoneArena
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