With Nokia increasingly dominating the Windows Phone scene stats from Strategy Analytics placing the Finnish firm's share at a market leading 33 percent in Q4 2011 LG announced it has no plans for future handsets running Microsoft's OS.
The manufacturer made the revelation in an article by the Korea Herald, claiming the number of Windows Phone handsets it's been able to sell to date is "not a meaningful figure."
Eyes on Android
The company claims it maintains good relations with Microsoft, and adds that it still plans to "continue research and development efforts on the platform", though the firm plans instead to focus its business on its Android output.
The Korea Herald claims the possibility of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer holding a meeting with LG chiefs to talk them round is now high, most likely when he heads to speak at the Seoul Digital Forum on 22 May.
This is not the first time LG has rocked the boat with Microsoft. The manufacturer caused early alarm when it branded the initial roll out of Windows Phone handsets back in late 2010 disappointing.
"From an industry perspective we had a high expectation, but from a consumer point of view the visibility is less than we expected," said LG's James Choi back in January 2011.
Choi went on to describe the platform as "very intuitive and easy to use" in comparison to Google's "extremely complicated" Android OS bur warned that its simplicity could count against it among certain key demographics who label it "boring."
[source: Korea Herald]
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