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I've used both Android and now Windows Phone 8.1. I must say that I like Windows Phone 8.1 much better than Android.
Why Windows Phone cannot rebound
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New #2
My niece has a win-8 phone she says she likes it too,
Of course her last phone a old flip phone
So I suppose it texts and facebooks okay about all she does anyway,
I guess now she can facebook now
I don't believe her flip phone could do that ?
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New #4
Hi there
I actually LIKE the windows phone system -- these sorts of surveys aren't really IMPORTANT at all -- what % of people in the Car market have Ferraris -- do they care if it's under .01% -- not a bit of it.
Windows phone needs some more decent apps on it though.
Cheers
jimbo
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New #5
But cars can all drive on the same Street, they are compatible. If cars would require a car manufacturer approved Street, we would not have niche brands like Ferrari.
I think the downfall really is they didn't have large screens, which is where Apple is/was weak. And of course their tiny market share did not foster many apps. chicken-egg problem.
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Windows phone is hardly the Ferrari of the phone world that only .01% of the population can afford.
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New #7
Hi there.
That's a different argument entirely -- the point was to say just because a product has a very low market penetration does not always mean it's a failure even if it doesn't even make any money. By buying Nokia Ms is buying into Nokia's customer / client lists and has a ready made hardware base and supply chain from which to develop other stuff (not necessarily phones).
Ms is absolutely HUGE these days in the very fast growing Robotics market too -- some of the hardware base in phone chips can be used in robotics such as the motion sensor stuff, remote control and communication, embedded OS, very high quality but very small cameras etc etc.
Android while still used by the majority of mobile phones out there has some serious problems -- security virtually non existent, apps don't have any decent change control -- almost impossible to restore previous versions of apps if upgraded ones either don't work or you prefer the old version, minimal QC from the google play store etc. Even Samsung is now about to design its own phone OS.
Windows has a much better infrastructure than Android and once they can sort the apps situation out I'm sure there IS a future for Windows phones - although in the longer term. What is clear though is that the whole RT system should be killed off stone dead.
Cheers
jimbo
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New #8
Absolutely - same here. I think the W8P is a great device, especially at $69 without contract.
I have no contract but use VoIP which works very well. Then I use it for navigation and as a portable PC. It provides nearly all the functions of a PC including Office.
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New #9
I find it hard to believe that phones can be just as powerful as computers.
Belongs they text and call im happy.
Why Windows Phone cannot rebound
Posted: 02 Jul 2014
I don't wish Microsoft to be unsuccessful in this market, but if this causes them to focus and improve desktop Windows...
Windows Phone market share: Crash and burn | BGRWhy Windows Phone cannot rebound
The latest Kantar Worldpanel numbers for smartphone market share may not be surprising, but they are grim indeed for Microsoft. In the heart of the Windows empire in the United States, Windows Phone’s market share dropped from 4.7% to 3.6% between May 2013 and May 2014. In Germany, the decline was from 6.2% to 5.9%. In Brazil, the share remained flat at 5.5%. In China, Windows Phone saw a collapse from 3% to o.6%.
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