According to a report published by The Telegraph, it looks like Google is developing its own smartphone in a bid to gain control over “design, manufacturing and software”.
If reports are accurate, this could mean that Google will be moving away from its partnership with major smartphone makers like LG, Huawei and HTC who developed previous Nexus devices. The phone is set to launch near the end of this year, and Google is said to already be in discussions with mobile operators about it.
They are concerned that Android is fragmenting, that it needs to become a more controlled platform, said Ben Wood, an analyst at CCS Insight. “I think they’ll seek to control it more, more like Apple.
Of course, this fits perfectly with Google’s latest hardware division launch which is headed by former Motorola president Rick Osterloh.
