American smartphone fans hoping for an Android-Windows Phone dual-boot device no longer need to look at India's Karbonn Mobile with envy. Huawei plans to release a dual-boot smartphone loaded with Google's and Microsoft's operating systems in the U.S. this spring.
“We think the dual OS can be a new choice for the consumer. It will be on sale in the US in Q2," Huawei marketing chief Shao Yang told Trusted Reviews Thursday.
Since its introduction in 2010, Microsoft has struggled to gain a foothold in the U.S. with Windows Phone. Some have argued that Windows Phone recently turned a (very, very small) corner worldwide. But in the U.S. Microsoft's mobile OS remains more or less irrelevant with only 3.2 percent U.S. market share, according to the latest numbers from metrics firm comScore.
While it's a long shot, bundling Windows Phone with Android could expose the OS to more users. It might even convince some users to choose Windows Phone over Android as their primary OS—though slapping two different operating systems on a single devicedoesn't exactly sound user-friendly.
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