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They really need to reduce the number of phones they produce. There are so many damn phones models and the numbers / names make no sense. What they need is a
by IanDrake 11y ago
They really need to reduce the number of phones they produce. There are so many damn phones models and the numbers / names make no sense.
What they need is a surface phone. One phone, three variants.
Surface Phone - Low-Mid Range
Surface Pro Phone - High end w/continuum
Surface Pro+ Phone - High end Phablet w/continuum
That would match their naming for the tablet and cause little confusion about what they are in the minds of consumers.
- AdmiralAsshat 11y agoConsidering there was already so much confusion about the ARM-based Surface vs the x86-based Surface Pro line, I don't think they want to introduce additional confusion by also having the "Surface" name now apply to phones and restart that headache.
- IanDrake 11y agoThe ARM based "Surface" has been replaced by the Intel based Surface 3. Try to keep up with the MS cluster f*k of naming! ;)
- Retra 11y agoI have never met someone who cared what processor was in their phone to the point where it should influence branding whatsoever.
- chadzawistowski 11y agoPerhaps average consumers don't care about processor architecture, but they do care about what programs will run. Surface RT was "that tablet that kinda has a desktop but can only run Office" versus "that tablet that can run any Windows program from 1995 onwards".