360 Chairman Zhou: Independent handset manufacturers have become increasingly difficult

"Sohu It News" (Song Xuan) September 3, Microsoft announced a 3.79 billion euro acquisition of Nokia Equipment and services business, to pay 1.65 billion euros for Nokia patent authorization, as well as Nokia Map Service authorization, Microsoft will pay a total of Nokia € 5.44 billion (about 7.11 billion U.S. dollars) in cash. In this respect, Sohu it interviewed 360 chairman Zhou, he said: "I have long predicted Microsoft merger Nokia, and Google Apple three competition." Eventually, every big internet giant has to do vertical integration, hardware and software to get through, independent handset manufacturers will become more and more difficult, or become OEM manufacturers, or transform into an internet manufacturer. ”