WSJ: For most handset makers
Android is the only option. Is that a problem?
Mr. Yu: It's difficult to say. We have tried using the
Windows Phone OS. But it has been difficult to persuade consumers to buy a Windows phone. It wasn't profitable for us. We were losing money for two years on those phones. So for now we've decided to put any releases of new Windows phones on hold. We have worries about Android being the only option, but we have no choice. And we have a good collaboration with
Google.
WSJ: Have you ever considered using the Tizen operating system [developed by
Samsung and backed by
Intel Corp. and others]?
Mr. Yu: We have no plans to use Tizen. Some telecom carriers are pushing us to design Tizen phones but I say "no" to them. In the past we had a team to do research on Tizen but I canceled it. We feel Tizen has no chance to be successful. Even for Windows Phone it's difficult to be successful.
We have no plans to build our own OS. It's easy to design a new OS, but the problem is building the ecosystem around it.
