"Facebook Smart Phone? Not Now " says Mark Zuckerberg.

Mark Zuckerberg,Founder and CEO of Facebook, has put an end to the rumors surrounding the Facebook-based Smartphone. 


He told analysts in a conference call that ," it wouldn't make very much sense” to make a Facebook-centered smartphone.

“Facebook is the most-used app on basically every mobile platform,” he justified. “So when we think about what we want to do right now, we want increase the depth of the experience in addition to just growing users.”

“We want to not just have apps that people use but also be as deeply integrated into these systems as possible,” Zuckerberg continued. “We want to support a development ecosystem where other apps can build on top of Facebook.” 

“That’s why you’ll see us do things like support Apple and the iOS integration that they wanted to do,” he added. “There are lots of things that you can build in other operating systems as well that aren’t building out a whole phone, which I really don’t think would make very much sense for us to do.”
This statement for the CEO is understandable as he is $7.2 billion poorer since the grand opening of his company's IPO ,says  Wall Street Journal.

So does this Denial by Zuckerberg stop the rumors?

Not Now!

Hardly. There are still rumors evolving that Facebook is teaming up with HTC to launch a branded smartphone by the year 2013.

Meanwhile a survey conducted by a UK-based digital marketing agency reported that, Half of people would never buy a Facebook phone if the social networking giant ever produced one.


Yes! Dislike!


In a poll conducted around the world, 50 per cent of those questioned said they would "never" switch to a Facebook phone.

However, if they had to be left to do so, improved functionality would be the top reason for switching, followed by price and then design.

Will you buy a Facebook Phone?

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