Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/26/microsoft_counters_smartphone_hardware_claims/
Microsoft: no plans to make own phones
Happy with Nokia and co.
Posted in Phones, 26th June 2012 14:00 GMT
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Microsoft has categorically denied it plans to enter the smartphone hardware business. It remains satisfied, it insisted, with its current manufacturing partners.
Following the announcement of Microsoft Surface [1], the company's own-brand entry into the tablet market, speculation has been rife that it make the obvious next step and release its own smartphone too.
When asked about such a move, though, the firm insisted there were no plans for a Microsoft smartphone [2] whatsoever, Information Week reports.
"We have a strong ecosystem of partners that we are very satisfied with," said Greg Sullivan, head of Windows Phone marketing.
HTC, Nokia and Samsung are all said to be prepping Windows Phone 8 devices.
Dell's Windows 8 tablet plans [3] leaked last month, but maybe they weren't enough to keep Microsoft's satisfaction levels high.
With faith lost in HTC's ability to sell slates [4], Redmond decided to take matters into its own hands. A process it obviously feels unnecessary in the smartphone domain. ®