Huawei Confirms Android+Windows Smartphone
After Microsoft waived off Windows Phone license fees for some OEMs, a Huawei executive, in an interview, revealed plans to launch a Windows+Android hybrid smartphone later in the year.
"We are still committed to making Windows Phone devices," Shao Yang, Huawei's CMO, told TrustedReviews.com in an interview published Wednesday. The executive countered, however, that Android devices are a higher priority.
"If it is Windows only, maybe people will not find it as easy a decision to buy the phone. If they have the Android and Windows together, you can change it as you wish and it is much easier for people to choose Windows Phone," he said, adding that Huawei will debut a dual OS device in the US in the second quarter.
Dual OS rumours have esclated in recent months, as evidence mounts that future Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone devices could include access to Android apps..
Microsoft has not commented on such reports, though it recently confirmed updates for both Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone will arrive this spring.
"We are still committed to making Windows Phone devices," Shao Yang, Huawei's CMO, told TrustedReviews.com in an interview published Wednesday. The executive countered, however, that Android devices are a higher priority.
"If it is Windows only, maybe people will not find it as easy a decision to buy the phone. If they have the Android and Windows together, you can change it as you wish and it is much easier for people to choose Windows Phone," he said, adding that Huawei will debut a dual OS device in the US in the second quarter.
Dual OS rumours have esclated in recent months, as evidence mounts that future Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone devices could include access to Android apps..
Microsoft has not commented on such reports, though it recently confirmed updates for both Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone will arrive this spring.
