Samsung would have plans to this year with a device on Windows Phone 8.1 to come, but for the release, the company would first the conflict over the payment of royalties to Microsoft to solve. The conscious smartphone would be at the earliest in the third quarter to come true.
Sources within Samsung have to the usually reliable The Korea Times told. The manufacturer would plan to have a smartphone with Windows Phone 8.1, and would now with the mobile operating system to the test. Further specifications of the smartphone are not yet come out, but it would be a relatively cheap model.
It is remarkable that the Samsung release of it, according to the sources, let depend on a conflict with Microsoft. Both companies are embroiled in a lawsuit regarding the payment of royalties: Samsung pays for the use of patents, but according to Microsoft, there is paid late. The case is still pending, but if the conflict is solved, the Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone from Samsung at the earliest in the third quarter come out, says The Korea Times.
There were already rumors that Samsung is the release of an ultrabook with both Windows 8 and Android would be deleted because of the patentkwestie with Microsoft. In 2013 paid to the Korean manufacturer in the amount of approximately 800 million euros for the use of Microsoft’s patents. Samsung few smartphones with Windows Phone: last year was the Ativ SE with Windows Phone 8, the only released device.
For this year, would Samsung like to emphasise on the promotion of its own Tizen platform. That would be especially for televisions; there is less attention paid to smartphones. Moreover, it appeared that Samsung high bet on Tizen, as it announced on all its smart tvs in 2015 this operating system to use.