Samsung to launch Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' based phones in October

Samsung has confirmed it will be launching its first Windows Phone 8-based smartphone in October this year. Samsung was recently rumoured to be launching three new Windows phones later this year. It was also rumoured that two of them will run Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo, platform. Meanwhile,


Samsung says it will not release any new Mango device until Microsoft officially releases the next generation platform.

Samsung currently sells Omnia W GT-i8350 smartphone, running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS, in India for Rs. 15,200. Samsung is now planning to launch Windows Phone 8 devices at competitive prices in a bid to compete with Google's Android OS.

Apple's iOS and Google's Android are the two leading players in the mobile operating systems right now. With the arrival of Windows OS, the dynamics are likely to change, but how soon – we'll have to wait and watch. Do you think Windows Phone 8 will help bolster Microsoft's presence in the smartphone segment? 

Source : Unwired View