I agree that the O/S is good but without access to Google Services there is no way it will ever have the following and buyers needed to support being in the hardware business.
They have stated that they need to sell 10 million phones to stay in the hardware business. They are falling well below that now (on a go forward basis it is only getting worse). I expect Chen to live up to his word and to leave the hardware business.
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