Biggest. Mistake. Ever.
But then again, memories of Nokia being actually any good will not be tainted by Microsoft Phone, and if Microsoft Phone fails it can be resurrected as NeoNokia..
But then again, memories of Nokia being actually any good will not be tainted by Microsoft Phone, and if Microsoft Phone fails it can be resurrected as NeoNokia..
On one hand the OS is Microsoft, on the other Microsoft just isn't hip and has baggage from past years. It's a dilemma
There is a whole world out there beyond the hipsters that buys phones, most of them not being able to afford the latest iDevice.
I support Android, iOS and WP8 phones in my household and the Nokia/Windows Phone 8 is by far the most problem-free, which is ironic because I won't let anyone in the house near a Windows computer without supervision; I normally use Linux and switched the rest of my family to Macs.
And your analogy is apt. Imagine walking into a computer store today and they're selling PCs with Windows 98 preinstalled with the promise you can upgrade to Vista as "soon" as the manufacturer allows it (currently delayed until they rewrite some incompatible adware). That's what the US smartphone market feels like (or did then), especially with Android.