Windows Phones Down 38% Since '7' Launch

Re:Windows Phones Down 38% Since '7' Launch by kenjackson on Saturday August 06, 2011 @11:22PM (#2855641)

I don't think so. Developers will go where the money. What's surprising to me is how many quality apps are showing up on WP today. If there was even a slight uptick in sales, I think they could match Android in app velocity.

Today users have no allegiance to Android at all. I know a lot of people with Android phones and no one, not one, is like, "I'm sticking with Android for my next phone too." They're all, "Maybe Android. But probably iPhone or maybe WP". iPhone users though are pretty diehard. In part because its still just the best phone, IMO.

But the lack Android allegiance is giving WP a window, no pun intended. Unless Android has some tricks up its sleeve for Ice Cream Sandwich, I think that WP can make serious inroads. Not 20% market share in a year, but climb back up to 10-12%.

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Re:Windows Phones Down 38% Since '7' Launch by pedalpete on Sunday August 07, 2011 @02:00PM (#2857245)

I've noticed the same lack of allegiance to iPhones too (non-fanboys of course). As a WP7 users, I've often been asked about the phone, and heard comments like 'I could just get another iPhone, but I'm curious what the other phones are like'.

I'm not seeing an iPhone devotion among many people that I would have expected.

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