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Re:Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork And... by cwyers on Saturday February 08, 2014 @07:14PM (#7203541)
You can get a Nokia 520/521 for a little over a third of $150.
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Re:Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork And... by recuter on Sunday February 09, 2014 @01:51AM (#7204681)
From its wiki page: "The price was halved to $50 (£70 in the UK) for the holidays"

So its $100 and only roughly comparable. And that's rather my point, few people from developed countries will opt for it to save $79.

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Re:Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork And... by cwyers on Sunday February 09, 2014 @10:54AM (#7205847)
From "developed" countries? No. From countries with subsidized handsets, maybe. But Europe is certainly "developed," and that's where Windows Phone is making its biggest inroads:

http://www.zdnet.com/windows-phone-takes-more-of-europes-sma...

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