Diego wrote on il Mac minimalista:
Windows Phone conquisterebbe agilmente percentuali Windows Phone conquisterebbe agilmente percentuali bulgare di mercato se venisse venduto a prezzi competitivi bulgare di mercato se venisse venduto a prezzi competitivi rispetto ad Android. Ma Microsoft ha deciso di limitare il rispetto ad Android. Ma Microsoft ha deciso di limitare il numero di telefoni venduti, o perlomeno ha imposto minimi numero di telefoni venduti, o perlomeno ha imposto minimi hardware discretamente stringenti, così si ritrova nella fascia hardware discretamente stringenti, così si ritrova nella fascia di prezzo media e non bassa come dovrebbe essere. di prezzo media e non bassa come dovrebbe essere.
Basically he says that Windows Phones have to be cheaper to sell, but Microsoft chose to set a minumum hardware requirement.
If they had followed the android way to don’t mind about minimum hardware requirement maybe they would have gain a few points on marketshare, but they would have also provided an awful user experience (as android actually do on these cheap headset).
They decided instead to focus on user experience. From my standpoint they made a great decision.
Apple has also proved thet marketshare is not the only important factor for a platform, as the recent acquisition of instagram proved, also developers are important and that’s the main lack of windows phone 7: apps.
If they will improve on that front they will gain a bit of traction.