Because Symbian before it was associated with luxury? What does hardware have to do with the OS anyway? Would Android on iPhones be less luxurious? If so, why? Android looks 10x better than the Symbian Vertu used in the passed.
They can't licence iOS and Symbian is at end-of-life. So the choice was between Windows Phone or Android. Since neither of these are particularly associated with luxury, the decision was presumably made using other criteria such as ecosystem size and brand recognition.
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How can anybody associate android with Luxury? Was not android made to be very inexpensive in the first place?
Because Symbian before it was associated with luxury? What does hardware have to do with the OS anyway? Would Android on iPhones be less luxurious? If so, why? Android looks 10x better than the Symbian Vertu used in the passed.
In addition to the other replies to your question, certainly Android is customizable by Vertu to "feel" more "luxurious."
They can't licence iOS and Symbian is at end-of-life. So the choice was between Windows Phone or Android. Since neither of these are particularly associated with luxury, the decision was presumably made using other criteria such as ecosystem size and brand recognition.
I don't think Microsoft would allow them to bling up the Metro interface, so the choice was probably Android by default.