AT&T ordering 8 million Windows Phone 7 devices?
updated 09:25 am EDT, Thu July 22, 2010
ATT may be optimistic on WP7 sales
AT&T may be optimistic about its hopes for Windows Phone 7 with a large batch of orders, Altimeter analyst Michael Gartenberg learned Thursday. A reliable source explained that the carrier has ordered eight million devices. It's not clear whether this is over the total lifespan of the devices or only for a certain period.
Gartnenberg also didn't learn which phone manufacturers were involved in the order.
The order is unusually high for Microsoft's mobile platform, which has dwindled in recent months as many have turned to the iPhone, Android or BlackBerry instead. At AT&T, the HTC Pure may have flopped despite receiving major attention as part of the Windows Mobile 6.5 push.
A large order for Windows Phone 7 may also parallel AT&T's increasing acknowledgment that its iPhone exclusivity period will eventually come to an end. It remains heavily dependent on Apple for subscriber gains and may hope to have an alternative when the iPhone is no longer unique to its network.
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nope
That would be suicidal, because MS might just kill it like the Kin.