Huawei to offer dual-boot Android-Windows smartphone Huawei has found a novel way to take on the might of Apple and Samsung in the US smartphone market – it’s going to release a dual-boot smartphone that runs both Android and Windows Phone 8. Using Android for its smartphone is a no-brainer since it is the most widely used mobile operating system today, so the question now is, why Windows Phone 8 and why a dual-boot smartphone? First, Huawei knows that Windows Phone 8 doesn’t have anything like the user-base of Android. So pairing an unpopular OS to a popular one seems like a good idea. A dual-boot smartphone will allow users to experience using both platforms without having to purchase two separate phones. Users can easily shift from one to another, and if they get bored with one platform, they can just stick to using the one they like better. The device won’t go to waste. “If it is Windows only, maybe people will not find it as easy a decision to buy the phone. If they have the Android and Windows together, you can change it as you wish and it is much easier for people to choose Windows Phone,” Shao Yang, Huawei’s chief marketing officer, said in an interview.