Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1

Re:Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1 by kefs on Thursday May 19, 2011 @04:11PM (#2565254)

Reading this, it appears that they sold more Windows Mobile (6.x) devices than Windows Phone 7 devices.

3.6M total sold in Q1, 1.6M of which was WP7.

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Re:Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1 by Steko on Thursday May 19, 2011 @05:56PM (#2565515)

Not unsurprising.

There are probably many companies still relying on Win Mobile for tried and true outlook and exchange integration. While WP7 (and iPhone) promises the same the phones are more expensive, new and untested, and won't work with the custom legacy software built for WM.

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Re:Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1 by csomar on Thursday May 19, 2011 @05:53PM (#2565505)

This shows actually that people buys the unit and not the Operating System. They'll walk to a shop, try a HTC phone, like it and buy it.

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Re:Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1 by Steko on Thursday May 19, 2011 @06:04PM (#2565535)

I think some buy the unit after playing with a number of them, some buy brands, some buy the platform/OS (which overlaps brand for half the market) and some just buy whatever the salesguy pushes on them.

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