Will sony make a windows phone

Yet just a few days ago, a report claimed that Sony is likely considering partnering up with Microsoft again and launch Windows Phone 8 smartphones in the near future.

That seemed like a credible speculation. After all, the tech giant has been making Windows-based PCs for years, and those leaked WP7 prototypes indicate that the company is open to diversifying its Xperia lineup with an alternative to Android. Amazon knocks Apple's hot new AirPods 3 down to their lowest price again. Fortnite with touch controls coming to iOS and Android via a limited closed beta. Journalists from El Salvador are the latest victims of Pegasus, the spyware that hacked the iPhone.

Report says the mobile app industry will break even more records in However soon after that CEO Kunimasa Suzuki moved to quash such speculation, saying the company had no plans to release a Windows Phone device.

The two brands do have history in the mobile space, with the Xperia X1 launching with Windows Mobile coming in However, the X2 sequel was launched but never released, and Sony has since then been focused solely on Android smartphones.

Given the success Sony is slowly achieving with Android power, it could seem odd that the brand would look elsewhere, but Perron believes this is as much about safety in a changing market as it is about offering consumer choice:. But at the same time, Google has a relationship with direct competitors. Perron declined to give a specific date on when we might see a Windows Phone, stating that the discussions were tentative at the moment and clearly have been for some time , but given the steady rise in popularity for Microsoft's OS, it seems that perhaps there may still be others looking to launch on Windows Phone too.

Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grown with the site primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor until becoming Global Editor in Chief in Gareth has written over 4, articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera.