Future of Smartphones: 2 Winners, 1 Dark Horse

The following video is part of our nationally syndicated Motley Fool Money radio show, with host Chris Hill talking with Ron Gross, James Early and Charly Travers. It was quite a week in the smartphone industry. Research In Motion is looking at more layoffs, Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy 3S, and Facebook is reportedly hiring ex-Apple employees to help build a smartphone of its own. With more than half the market share, Samsung and Apple are the clear winners to this point and have effectively made it a two-horse race. In this segment, the guys analyze the competitive landscape and share why the combined forces of Microsoft and Nokia make a dark horse investors shouldn't ignore.

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