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Did the Windows Phone 7 Bomb In the US?
Thorfinn.au writes "Microsoft's new smartphone platform is off to what could be considered a slower start than expected in North America. That's according to The Street, which has released a report saying that the company sold some 40,000 units on its first day on the market.
Early sales numbers from other phone platform launches include Apple's estimated 500,000 iPhones being snatched up during its launch weekend in 2007, and a million and a half G1 Android phones being bought up by T-Mobile subscribers in the phone's first six months." Do you know anyone with one of these phones? Me either.
Steve Ballmer? Is that you?
I'm getting tired of all this astroturf, when am I going to see some real grass?
== Jez ==
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I agree with you. Also, I think I need to add to that the carriers the new WP7 phones came out on: AT&T and T-Mobile. AT&T has the iPhone and T-Mobile has the MyTouch 4G as their flagship phones.
This part is still hard for me to grasp. But then I live in a place where there are at least five networks available, plus virtual providers, where porting your number to another network takes just a few days at no charge, and where simlocks are non-existent.
Some phones are sold with contract: you pre-pay the phone; then get discount on your plan for the next 12-24 months. For the rest phones and carriers are not related whatsoever.
You want an iPhone? You buy an iPhone, put your existing sim in it, and you're good to go. Would you want a WP7 phone (not sure whether they're available here): same story. I bought myself an LG smartphone (Android based) the other day; now I have three phones and two sim cards: works in any combination.
And the iPhone, seriously: how does that lock you in? Paid apps is the only thing I can think of. Unless people actually like it.