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Rumor: Microsoft's building its own Windows 8 smartphone

02.10.2012
In a move that would help it compete against the , is rumored to be making its own smartphone that will run on Phone 8, which would again put the company in competition with its hardware partners.

The rumor first popped from the followed closely by a similar story in .

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The China Times story, , seems to say Microsoft has contracted smartphone developers and assemblers in China to build a Microsoft-branded Windows Phone 8 phone for sale sometime next year.

Boy Genius Report saying Microsoft plans to release the Surface smartphone in the coming months to compete against iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S III and other high-end phones.

Surface is the name of Microsoft's tablet/laptop that is scheduled to launch Oct. 26 along with the Windows 8 operating system.