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With iOS 6 announced and Jelly Bean just around the corner, Microsoft can't really afford to just sit there poker faced until it's done. It's a wise tactic, to
by rys 14y ago
With iOS 6 announced and Jelly Bean just around the corner, Microsoft can't really afford to just sit there poker faced until it's done. It's a wise tactic, to maintain interest when it's clear their competitors are moving forwards.
- mc32 14y agoNot only that, but end users probably appreciate knowing that anything they bought today would have limited future support --this alternative is better than pulling the rug from under them come 4-5months. That is to say, it hurts MS and partners initially but benefits customers short-term and long-term. What they could announce is some kind of voucher for future phones if they buy now --giving customers a kind of indemnification against obsolescence. Not saying they will, but they could.
- runjake 14y agoSo what do you think customers are going to do? They're going to buy an iPhone or an Android device, instead.
- mc32 14y agoIt's likely preferable to having their (customers') money but engendering lots of ill-will a few months down the road. I have an iphone 4. With this announcement, I'm willing to wait a few months before buying a WP8 device.
- falling 14y ago> Jelly Bean just around the corner Is it? It’s a real question. Currently ICS is installed on < 10% of the devices in circulation, but (I hope) it’s safe to assume OEMs and carriers are working on new devices based on the new operating system and will eventually stop to ship new devices with Gingerbread. If next week Google releases JB, I don’t think they are going to scramble to change their plans to merge the new version, they will probably just wait until they’re done with that and then eventually upgrade, possibly delaying JB even more than ICS already is. I have been wondering what Google plans to do to improve the situation. I guess next week I’ll know the answer.
- huggyface 14y agoCurrently ICS is installed on < 10% of the devices in circulation If you're in the market for a device it's available on almost all of them.
- runjake 14y agoNo, what they need to do is have releasable products ASAP. Pre-announcing hardware/software that won't be available for several months is not a competitive strategy.