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Operators: Nokia Would Sell Better With Android
nk497 writes "Mobile operators are complaining that Nokia's Lumia line of handsets would sell better if it ran a different OS — or if Microsoft was more willing to put marketing money behind Windows Phone. 'No one comes into the store and asks for a Windows phone,' said an executive in charge of mobile devices at one European operator. He said Microsoft's software worked nicely with PCs and allowed you 'to do tons of cool things,' but few customers knew this. 'If the Lumia with the same hardware came with Android in it and not Windows, it would be much easier to sell,' he said."
The Linux based (!=Android) N9 outsells the Windows phones
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My exception safety is -fno-exceptions.
There are best seller ratings, too. Lumia 900 topped the chart for more than a week immediately after the sales start, despite being split into two separate items by color. Now the black variant is at #3, and cyan went down to #11, after becoming backordered up to 9 days ahead.
My exception safety is -fno-exceptions.
Because it's a laggy, buggy, pre-iOS trash OS. Unlike every other modern mobile OS it doesn't prioritize the UI thread and thus will never stop lagging, no matter how fast the hardware gets.