LG says Windows Phone 7 launch disappointing
updated 01:40 pm EST, Fri January 14, 2011
LG feels Windows Phone 7 below expectations
LG in an interview posted Friday revealed that its Windows Phone 7 launch was disappointing. Without disclosing its exact numbers, marketing strategy director James Choi admitted that expectations were high but that sales of phones like the Optimus 7 "wasn't what everyone expected." Choi told Pocket-lint he didn't expect a significant kick until Microsoft's known plans to open support to low- and mid-range WP7 phones came to bear.
He noted that the OS could paradoxically be too easy to use and consequently unappealing to the power users that normally make up early adopters. "For tech guys like us it might be a little bit boring after a week or two, but there are certain segments that it really appeals to," he said.
In spite of the letdown, Choi reiterated LG's commitment to the platform and noted that it was as much a question of having the diversity that carriers wanted. Leaning too heavily on one platform was "not beneficial," he said. He wouldn't say what balance would be struck but implied that the mix before last fall was too focused on Android alone.
Microsoft has been hesitant to say how many WP7 devices have been sold to real customers. CEO Steve Ballmer conspicuously avoided quantifying results at the CES 2011 keynote, despite numbering other sales stats. The company noted that its partners had sold 1.5 million phones at the end of last year but masked the real results by noting that these were only to carriers and resellers, not people. Without a hint of inventory, it's possible many of these could remain in stores.
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People have never had a true smart phone and seems to have finally wised up. People only had a choice of phones called smart phones and the only choices were Windows 6 and Blackberry. If you have used both you learned they were both horrible.
Then 2007 came along and changed the smart phone industry. Nothing was on the market like the iPhone until Android copies came along.
Today I wouldn't trust Windows or Blackberry and people seem to be finally getting smarter and not going that route. Go with the iPhone and Android second.....these are the only two players worth getting a phone from.
I have a personal issue with Android because of them making the phone look and feel like a copy of the iPhone, but its your only choice other than an iPhone.
The iPhone will be on Verizon and hopefully T-Mobile and other soon so why not get one!