Setting some hardware standards for different form factors sounds like a really good idea for Microsoft right now. Their current lack of requirements makes them more appealing to low-end manufacturers, but at the end of the day that really just makes Microsoft look bad when their OS runs like garbage on it. They are about to lose that appeal, anyway, since Android is available to low-end phones now without any licensing cost.
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Setting some hardware standards for different form factors sounds like a really good idea for Microsoft right now. Their current lack of requirements makes them more appealing to low-end manufacturers, but at the end of the day that really just makes Microsoft look bad when their OS runs like garbage on it. They are about to lose that appeal, anyway, since Android is available to low-end phones now without any licensing cost.