30 days with Windows Phone 8 — Perspective from an admitted iOS addict

Re:30 days with Windows Phone 8 — Perspective from an admitt... by spiralpolitik on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @09:31AM (#4966047)

I played with a Lumina 920 when I was in the store a few days ago. It demoed very well and the phone itself was very nice.

I was willing to buy one for my collection of smartphones for research and development purposes, however in the UK its currently only available on the high street as an exclusive with EE and the phone is locked to that network. Sad but true.

Clearly Microsoft didn't learn from the mistake Palm made as when you aren't the market leader, going with an exclusive carrier deal only prevents people buying into your platform. Apple learned that, and clearly Microsoft feels necessary to mimic even Apple's mistakes before it gets it. I'm sure RIM will make the same mistake when they launch BB10 next month this leading to their demise. All this has happened before and all this will happen again.

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Re:30 days with Windows Phone 8 — Perspective from an admitt... by cmelbye on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @10:37AM (#4966192)

I'm pretty sure every major carrier has a one Nokia WP8 phone or another currently.

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Re:30 days with Windows Phone 8 — Perspective from an admitt... by recoiledsnake on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @09:51AM (#4966083)

That's Nokia's decision to go with an EE exclusive, not Microsoft's. The other carriers are going to get the Lumia 920 in January. Other Windows Phones are not carrier exclusive, for example HTC's flagship 8x is available on all carriers in the US.

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Re:30 days with Windows Phone 8 — Perspective from an admitt... by spiralpolitik on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @10:08AM (#4966120)

If it was Nokia's decision then they are even more doomed than I thought.

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