Nokia did this, they would snatch an opportunity to give out free phones when someone with enough followers complained on twitter about their existing phone. It

Nokia did this, they would snatch an opportunity to give out free phones when someone with enough followers complained on twitter about their existing phone. It worked very well indeed and were on the news pretty often. However, I wouldn't consider it with HN, as HN is never a realistic representation of the market. A lot are brand loyal and a lot just shit on M$ for the sake of it, it would be the Microsoft Ipad and NFL all over again. On a side note, despite being a loyal windows phone user for years, I might jump ship this time. Microsoft seems to be turning itself into a service oriented company. They treat their own mobile market as third. Wait for years for a quality phone to be release, and when it does it is exclusive to some carrier (950 and att). All of their apps now first come exclusive to iOS and Android and much later to Windows phone (new Office, Skype etc). Everything that made Windows Phone cool (Cortana, Offline Here maps, Offline Mix Radio etc) is now cross platform. Good for consumers in general but then it also cannibalized the reason to be with Windows Phone.