Recently, we asked if it was possible for Europe to have a dominant smartphone again. The answer was simple: no, not unless theres some sort of miracle. The reason behind this is multifaceted, but the core point is that because Asia hosts the majority of the worlds mobile manufacturing facilities, its borderline impossible for European companies to create a good enough phone at a low enough price to succeed. But, here at TNW, we had another question: could Europe launch its own mobile operating system? Why do we need a European mobile OS? On first inspection, its an excellent idea.…
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