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#27
Originally Posted by SamGan View Post
I suppose you are right here but this would be true of any smartphone platform, even Symbian. It's not going to happen because Asha is really a feature phone. The crux is whether a low priced WP7.5 phone can compete with a low end Android. I seriously doubt it as even a low end Android has less restrictions, is more customizable and enjoy a bigger app store than any WP7.5 phone.

It's not just the cost of the phone but the whole ecosystem. One needs a PC capable of running Zune and data connections for both PC and phone to be able to use the phone effectively. In developing countries where data is expensive many users depend on bluetooth file transfer which WP7.5 lacks. This OS has been designed for consumers in rich Western countries where data is cheap and most users have 3G contracts. The wi-fi even shuts down when the phone sleeps and transfer background data usage to 3G.
Yes, you are right. Didn't think about it, but at the lower end, that's where all the limitations of WP7 really kicks in.

Nokia is toast. WP7 goes down in history as the biggest **** up of all times regarding mobile OS. The Lumia series goes down in history as the least successful smartphone series of all time. Elop goes down in history as the least successful CEO of all times.

To me it looks like now that he just didn't get it. He had all the information at his fingertips, everything about Nokia and MS, what can be done, what can't be done. A dozen of experts guiding him. Even then he was too stupid to understand what was going on.

Whatever, soon I will have the Asus Nexus 7 tablet and an 808. Then I will be happy for at least half a year LOL