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Originally Posted by testacon

Here's my beef with WP7, it's brand new, plain and simple. Every other phone OS has been around for a few years now, none of them perfect on the first try. Why should I give my hard earned dollars to Microsoft for being a ALPHA tester for their new OS? Shouldn't we buy a phone that is CURRENTLY proven and not needs to be proved? Even Microsoft's own employees know that their product line is lacking, don't most of them own iPhones anyway? It seems that Microsoft has to give away the phone to employees because they know they don't want them or at least have to pay for them...

I'm not saying I won't go to the store and check out this phone at release, I like cool gadgets as much as the next guy. I'll get my Android phone this year and see how many problems, issues or even SUPPORT in the community this new phone will have in the years to come. I have no desire to be trapped in a 1 or 2 year plan with Microsoft and not even know what the modders can do with this OS. Then you got activations, Vista, Win7, Office 2010 everything Microsoft makes anymore requires regular online check-ins with their products. How long before their WP7 devices say that this product isn't Genuine because of mods and disables itself to some point? That seems like a probably future for all Microsoft software and devices.

Then when it's time for my contract to renew, IF Microsoft has the best proven, customizable phone on the block, THEN I'll consider it, not now. Microsoft said themselves that it's going to take awhile before the phone resembles their vision. They lost any loyalty I had with them when then completely changed what WM was.

I'm just baffled why more of you don't see it that way. I'm a technology fanboy, with no loyalty to Microsoft, Apple or Android I just want what works properly, not which vendor makes it.

Well said, I agree. Never thought of it that way. I remember reading that it was take 5 years or so to reach a point were they were "happy" with WM7. And it does seem to be more like an Alpha release. The way microsoft does it's customers I think is wrong. They just stop supporting a product, the Zune, the Kin, Plays4Sure or whatever that was. I don't think they will do that with WM7, they need this.... badly. But yea, I might wait at least till my next upgrade to get one, unless they can get something REALLY good out by this holiday.