Samsung is being courted by Microsoft to re-adopt Windows Phone with a deal said to be worth $1bn



From The Inquirer:

Just days after it was revealed that almost Microsoft-owned Nokia is pressing ahead with an Android handset, it now appears that the ailing software giant wants the biggest seller of Android smartphones to work its magic on Windows Phone.

Although Samsung has kept its finger in both pies over the years, it has been Android that has been both the priority and biggest success for the company, partly due to its open source nature keeping costs down. Samsung's last Windows Phone release was the Ativ S smartphone, which debuted back in October 2012.

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