Korean tech company LG Electronics are reportedly developing a Windows smartphone using the Windows Phone 8 OSAccording to a report, LG currently has a Windows 8 smartphone in the research and development stage.
LG India's Manging Director Kwon Soon spoke with Light Reading India to say, "At home (S. Korea), we are actually working on our Windows Phone 8 OS powered smartphone."
The company has not decided on a launch for the device with Kwon stating that the company is currently checking out the opportunity for it in the market to decide whether they will sell it.
LG's next-gen Optimus G Android smartphone, the Optimus G2, is expected for to launch in Q3.
Kwon has said focus will remain on Google's Android OS, "Android is the major platform globally, given its acceptance and penetration. Although, we believe that Windows will pick up going ahead, as Microsoft is pumping efforts into it,"
Nokia currently has a Windows 8 smartphone range, Samsung offer Windows OS under its ATIV portfolio, and Huawei and ZTE both offer Windows smartphones globally with HTC offering the HTC 8S and HTC 8X.
Earlier this year, The Korea Time reported LG's plans to create a number of Windows 8 phones over the course of 2013.
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