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Even the previous CEO of Microsoft can’t be bothered to make use of a Windows Phone. Bill Gates has now confirmed that he’s utilizing an Android cellphone, one loaded with Microsoft apps.
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In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Bill Gates has revealed that he is now utilizing an Android cellphone. It is smart as Android is the preferred cellular working system on the planet, and one may even argue that its open platform ideas parallel Microsoft’s in some ways.
Also, Windows Phone has been lifeless for greater than a yr now. So whereas utilizing a Windows Phone would solely depend as a present of assist, it would not make a lot sense to maintain on utilizing a largely deserted platform.
What Android Phone Is Bill Gates Using?
Gates did not reveal the precise mannequin in the course of the interview however did notice that his cellphone contained “a lot of Microsoft software” on it, which The Verge speculates to be the Samsung Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition.
Microsoft began promoting that Galaxy S8 variant in its shops earlier this yr, with the cellphone mainly the identical as Samsung’s flagship however full of Office, Cortana, Outlook, and lots of different Microsoft apps. There’s a risk that Microsoft will proceed doing this with different handsets shifting ahead.
While utilizing an Android cellphone suggests Gates is prepared to attempt different handsets and platforms exterior of Microsoft, he is not prepared to modify to iPhone simply but. Gates banned the usage of iPhones and iPods inside his house prior to now, however he nonetheless regards Steve Jobs as a “genius” within the interview.
Still, he stated he makes use of “all Windows-based PCs,” so no Macs anytime quickly, in all probability. Windows on PC is something however lifeless, so there’d be no cause to modify.
The Demise Of Windows Phone
Microsoft’s smartphone enterprise appears all however on its final legs, if not completely lifeless. Not solely did its Nokia acquisition in 2014 failed to return to fruition, the corporate has additionally phased out assist for Windows Phones solely, that means anybody who buys a Windows Phone now basically means they will have a bit of software program that’ll by no means get up to date.
The firm now has shifted its concentrate on different areas similar to cloud computing, augmented actuality, and digital voice assistants.
So sure, Gates is now on the Android bandwagon, which makes up greater than 80 p.c of the full smartphone market share as of Q1 2017, in accordance to market analysis agency IDC. Microsoft, then again, makes up lower than 1 p.c. It’s definitely a troublesome enterprise to get into, given Android’s large seize.
Well, if you cannot beat them, be part of them, proper? Gates appears he would agree with that.
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