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Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1

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Re: Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1

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Post by Steko »

csomar wrote: post #16
kefs wrote: post #2

Reading this, it appears that they sold more Windows Mobile (6.x) devices than Windows Phone 7 devices. 3.6M total sold in Q1, 1.6M of which was WP7.

This shows actually that people buys the unit and not the Operating System. They'll walk to a shop, try a HTC phone, like it and buy it.

I think some buy the unit after playing with a number of them, some buy brands, some buy the platform/OS (which overlaps brand for half the market) and some just buy whatever the salesguy pushes on them.

Re: Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1

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Post by Steko »

afsina wrote: post #3

So, does that mean more Android phones are sold in just 5 days? (Edited grammar.)

It means that WP7 is probably selling about as well as Android was at the same timeline from release and writing them off as a failure today would be dumb given how much Android grew with 2nd and 3rd generation devices and how the OS improved with another year plus of iterations.

Re: Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1

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Post by erikpukinskis »

Gunther wrote: post #11

I think it will be more interesting/telling to see the numbers that Microsoft post after Nokia begins to ship phones with WP7 on them. While WP7 is not a popular choice right now, the Nokia partnership definitely makes it interesting to watch. I am especially curious to see how Nokia leverages the WP7 platform in countries outside of the US because of Nokia's global market share and marketing.

I'm interested too. Nokia hasn't been able to sell many Maemo phones, I'm not sure how having Windows Phone 7 would really improve that. They seem really good at selling cheap phones, but not smartphones. Maybe with Microsoft's marketing muscle they'll do better.
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