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Originally Posted by Kliptik
Let's break this down. WinMo has been around for a LOOOONG time. WP7 has been around for a little over ONE quarter. And overall WP7 sales are only 2% behind WinMo?! So WP7 went from NOTHING, to a fairly significant milestone breaking sales that close to WinMo. I would say that is "much improvement" IMHO...
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Thats not saying much...
1) Many carriers already discontinued their winmo handsets..and those that didn't don't have them on display much...
2) Most people that buy winmo know what it is, and don't buy it for the hype or etc...they also know that winmo is discontinued by M$ and chances are won't buy it..and most of the few who do buy it won't sign a 2 year contract
3) 2% sounds like a small number but it isn't..Winmo sold 4% total sales...WP7 sold 2% total sales..aka winmo sold 2x more then WP7..Winmo used to be like 7% I think the quarter before...aka WP7 right now is ~1/4th of what winmo was 2010Q3 (which still isn't winmo's prime time..for reference 2009 winmo had around 20%)
4) WP7 sales were around the same as sales for WebOS..to note WebOS has a lot more limited availability then WP7
So yes the numbers are not looking the best...
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I agree w/Aztechka that people need to get over the win/fail judgements. I personally can't think of a single thing that has been such a massive hit that it owned the #1 spot the first day, or even the first quarter, and very few in the first year. It's a time battle. If you don't like it, don't get it. But as already stated, MS isn't out to please the geeks. The geeks will please themselves. It doesn't matter how much ANY OS caters to the geeks, the geeks will still hack it and change it. MS is after market share, which is something the geeks provide very little of.
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iPhone had record sales on 1st sale day over any phone when it came out >.>..but its obvious M$ is not out of the game..but the pressure is on..