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It's also that OEMs and carrier had absolutely no way of customizing Win Phone. Samsung's dream is for you not to buy an Android phone that happens to have bee
by 908B64B197 5y ago
It's also that OEMs and carrier had absolutely no way of customizing Win Phone.
Samsung's dream is for you not to buy an Android phone that happens to have been built by Samsung but a Samsung Phone running Android. That's why they try so hard with their vocal assistant.
Win Phone offered OEMs the option of shipping glass slabs that were competing on price and specs (just like the PC market!) while Microsoft would own all the value added on top. By the time Microsoft started shipping it's own hardware, it was too late.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago> By the time Microsoft started shipping it's own hardware, it was too late. I think if any company had a chance, it was Microsoft. They are the only ones with the in house expertise and cash flow that could have sustained the kind of spending needed for the 10 or whatever years it required. Of course, it would have required a lot of short term sacrifice, which obviously their executives could not stomach.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> They are the only ones with the in house expertise The first windows phones/pockets (based on Windows CE) were already fairly old when the iPhone launched. Microsoft was used to dealing with multiple OEMs, not building it's own hardware.