Mutant dual-boot Android and Windows Phone coming to US this spring

Huawei is no stranger to Windows Phone, having released a handset in the US last year, but the company is now planning to add occurring happening taking place Android and Windows Phone into a single smartphone. Speaking to TrustedReviews, Huaweis chief publicity superintendent, Shao Yang, reveals the good is still full of zip to Microsofts mobile software, but the preference is to dual-boot it closely Android. "With Windows Phone, one paperwork for us  and one that we are now gone  is dual OS. Dual OS as in Android and Windows together," says Yang. Huawei's plans are harshly identical to PC makers who are dual-booting Android and Windows re laptops and tablets.

WHY ARE PHONE MAKERS DUAL-BOOTING?

The added Huawei handset will go in version to sale in the US during Q2, meaning it will come re the same period as Microsoft starts shipping Windows Phone 8.1. Indian phone maker Karbonn is as well as planning its own dual-booting Android and Windows Phone handset, due to be released in the coming months. Its still not unconditional why any phone maker is opting to install both Android and Windows Phone not far-off and wide off from a single handset. Yang says Huaweis bank account will proclaim consumers to "fiddle behind it as you aspiration," offering a option because "if it is Windows abandoned, maybe people will not locate it as easy a decision to obtain the phone."

Microsoft is pushing Windows Phone 8.1 to demean price points, lowering device specification requirements, and offering manageable license deals to phone makers. Microsofts changes will backing taking into account low-cost Windows Phone handsets, but they could plus promotion occurring phone makers gone dual-booting Android. Any subsidiary installation of Android regarding a single handset will concur occurring pretentious storage environment, but Windows Phone 8.1 will maintenance devices behind just 4GB of storage and an option for apps to be installable to microSD cards. Its in addition to attainable that phone makers will clearly ship their handsets to retail stores and meet the expense of leave to enter customers to select either Android or Windows Phone at lead, but the complexity of loading software in stores makes that marginal unlikely. Microsoft will detail all of its Windows Phone 8.1 changes at its Build conference neighboring month, and we might just listen more approximately any dual OS plans.