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How many non-geek users actually care about most of these points? Users want gadgets that they can wrap their head around, they won't care about "Uniformity Ac
by voidr 15y ago
How many non-geek users actually care about most of these points?
Users want gadgets that they can wrap their head around, they won't care about "Uniformity Across All Devices and Carriers" also carriers and device makers will certainly not appreciate this move.
Apps matter the most, but I think Microsoft will be stuck in catch 21 on this one, the fact that they want tighter control over the phone only makes things horribly worse: for apps, you need critical mass, for critical mass you need devices, but that will only happen if carriers and device makers embrace WP7, but they will probably ignore it, because they can't differentiate themselves because MS wants control.
So unless Microsoft makes something that is leagues better than the iPhone, they have zero chance to compete. Why the iPhone and not Android? Because both of MS and Apple want to have full control, which most device makers reject.
- ifearthenight 15y agoThis is a common pitfall of marketing (and spec) for phones I think. Tech driven customers are the loudest on the internet but that doesn't have to mean they are your key demographic. Look at the iPhone. Beautiful design + great apps + crappy camera + small screen = slightly increased OPEX + greatly increased margin = happy times
- bsk26 15y agocrappy camera? Have you used an iphone?
- ifearthenight 15y agoShould've mentioned I was referring too earlier models (not 4 and 4S). And maybe "crappy" was a bit too emotive. Just referring to Apple's wise choice of cost saving with 3mp when many used 5 and some overspeced to 8 or 13.
- rafedb 15y agoIt actually is a good thing that they specify they are in charge of the os releases and what hardware needs used. Have you seen how slow some carriers are to release android updates or how slow the actual devices run because they chose to use the cheapest minimum spec hardware they could find to get production costs down and make a larger profit? It's ridiculous. Yes some people like to root their phones and put whatever they want on them, but not everyone(definitely not the majority). Now I can't claim to know to what degree Microsoft will specify hardware, but I would hope if they went through the trouble of setting up that restriction that they would be smart about it.