Agreed. You're carrying this thing around with you 16 hours a day. Design is crucial. And if it isn't then increasingly, you'll be fine with a 100 dollar generi

Agreed. You're carrying this thing around with you 16 hours a day. Design is crucial. And if it isn't then increasingly, you'll be fine with a 100 dollar generic phone. Unfortunately, design is something that you can't just throw dollars at, unlike the tech. Your people have to have some form of inspiration, that they're doing something beautiful, that their aesthetic efforts are appreciated, that they work in a place that has some measure of artistic thinking. MS doesn't seem to have that mojo. Just look at the Xbox One vs the PS4. Throw decent components into the most generic black plastic box you can source then scratch a few patterns on it. Awful.