Nokia which is one of the world’s largest phone company, last week just made a statement that it would adopt Microsoft’s software across its smartphones, raising fears the firm would miss out during the transition on surging demand for cheaper smartphone models.
Soothing to better race with Apple’s iPhone, Microsoft has so far had tight hardware requirements for phone models using its software, pushing up handset prices and limiting the potential market.
As part of the push to a wider market and lower prices, Microsoft plans to open its mobile platform to other chipset suppliers beyond Qualcomm. Nokia’s shares dropped more than 20 percent after it announced the Microsoft deal, but industry executives have said the new alliance will be good for competition and innovation.
Source: Softsailor
