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by throwawaykf02 4603 days ago
Regarding Asha: I hear Asha is doing crazy well in low-end markets. Not sure how Microsoft can leverage it, but I'm sure they are aware of this.
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The low end is being destroyed by "white box" Android phones from China. There is simply no way to compete with them on price since they do not have to develop software and sell nearly at cost. This will be the same with high end phones soon as improvements level off and it becomes commoditized. I think that mobile phone manufacturers will have poor to no margins quite soon. The only place to make money now is through the ecosystem.
Asha WAS doing well is developing world markets. Asha is now a dying business. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://allaboutwindowsph...

Microsoft bought itself another Kin.

Hah, even "something that was selling well" is not a description that could be applied to Kin.
What makes you think Microsoft bought Nokia for the Asha business?
I stated the exact opposite