Microsoft see Windows Phone as strong third competitor

Yeah!!!! RIM and Symbian better watch their backs, yo, the big dog's in town. Woo, third!
 
I really want to get one but can not justify the cost right now. They are priced in the same range as the "premium" suppliers (Apple / Android). It will be the apps that make or break these phones.

Give me the same apps (quality) as I can get on the App store and I will move over.
 
moosamc said:
I really want to get one but can not justify the cost right now. They are priced in the same range as the "premium" suppliers (Apple / Android). It will be the apps that make or break these phones.

Give me the same apps (quality) as I can get on the App store and I will move over.
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Well, WP8 is a premium phone OS. It can't run well on low end hardware
 
I feel MS has lost the plot on this one, the Android interface strikes me as a far more natural migration path for people who already use Windows devices (Particuarly Mobile 6).

Metro screams "I'm desperately different because Android out flanked me."

Windows 8 screams "I'm desperately trying to stay relevant."
 
alloytoo said:
I feel MS has lost the plot on this one, the Android interface strikes me as a far more natural migration path for people who already use Windows devices (Particuarly Mobile 6).

Metro screams "I'm desperately different because Android out flanked me."
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Metro on phones isn't as bad as you're making out. The live tiles work really well for active apps like Facebook. And the typography thing is quite attractive, certainly more than Gingerbread Android and I'd say more than ICS as well. It also feels very snappy even on my wife's low end 610, versus equivalent specced Android handsets (e.g. Galaxy Ace) and even the iPhone 3GS. The only actual problem it has for me is the woefully underserved app store but that's a dealbreaker in itself.

Windows 8 screams "I'm desperately trying to stay relevant."
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Of course it screams that, they are desperately trying to stay relevant. So is every company. What else should they do, just keep packaging the same desktop for the next 30 years while Apple slowly drinks their milkshake?

Apple seem to have made this same tactical mistake.
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Apple never tried to cater to the low end of the smartphone market. It's not a tactical mistake at all, it's their entire philosophy.
 
cerebus said:
Metro on phones isn't as bad as you're making out. The live tiles work really well for active apps like Facebook. And the typography thing is quite attractive, certainly more than Gingerbread Android and I'd say more than ICS as well. It also feels very snappy even on my wife's low end 610, versus equivalent specced Android handsets (e.g. Galaxy Ace) and even the iPhone 3GS. The only actual problem it has for me is the woefully underserved app store but that's a dealbreaker in itself.


Of course it screams that, they are desperately trying to stay relevant. So is every company. What else should they do, just keep packaging the same desktop for the next 30 years while Apple slowly drinks their milkshake?


Apple never tried to cater to the low end of the smartphone market. It's not a tactical mistake at all, it's their entire philosophy.
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^ Agree with this.
 
Sounds like the same thing they said about WP7.

JStrike said:
Well, WP8 is a premium phone OS. It can't run well on low end hardware
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"It can't run well on low end hardware" means it's not efficient, or it's bloated.
It doesn't mean that it is a premium phone OS.
 
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