With Android, Have Samsung Learned From Their Symbian Mistakes?
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Nokia had the lion’s pay out of Symbian units, and with Android the Samsung Galaxy range is definitely at the top of the Android pile – much like Nokia’s N95 was the peerless Symbian phone (before the world went touch-screen slabs). Then, the operating system was Symbian, and while the organisation was part owned by Nokia, Samsung, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Matsushita, Psion and Motorola throughout its curriculum vitae, Nokia built up it’s stake until eventually buying out all the... But Nokia played their cards inside Symbian far better than Samsung, steering the obligation closer to their vision and becoming the dominant partner… at which point Samsung left. Now, the operating system is Android, and while the Android nucleus is managed by Google at arms length from partners including Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola, the procurement of Motorola’s mobile division by Google (and the assurances that... Symbian is a practical dead end (and is now fully owned by Nokia in any instance). The operating system that powers their critically acclaimed
smartphone range is not under their control, but a third party. That third party is telling everyone of the level playing football and the economy of scale benefits it will have, but another manufacturer is moving ever closer to full integration of the hardware and software, threatening Samsung.
Source: Forbes