Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Software Last Quarter

Re:Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Soft... by nickbarnwell on Thursday January 27, 2011 @11:38AM (#2148446)

IIRC, it was actually an option to purchase a WP7 phone and get a full refund from the company. Essentially the same thing, but there are plenty of people who haven't exercised the option and are sticking with WM6.x or other devices for the time being.

Edit: The giveaway was also different between each branch of MS, EU was handled differently than the US.

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Re:Microsoft Shipped 2 Million Units of Windows Phone 7 Soft... by smilliken on Thursday January 27, 2011 @03:45PM (#2149391)

I think it was even worse- I think if they signed a 2 year contract with a carrier, they got a refund on the subsidized price of the phone (which is usually a trivial amount).

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