By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Microsoft - Microsoft makes more cash from Android than Windows Phone 7

Alby_da_Wolf on 30 May 2011

So MS is finally giving up making a working phone OS and admits its true talent is to be a patent troll?



Stwike him, Centuwion. Stwike him vewy wuffly! (Pontius Pilate, "Life of Brian")
A fart without stink is like a sky without stars.
TGS, Third Grade Shooter: brand new genre invented by Kevin Butler exclusively for Natal WiiToo Kinect. PEW! PEW-PEW-PEW!   


Around the Network
Rainbird on 30 May 2011
osamanobama said:

well it doesnt help that WP7 arent very good phones, at least according to cnet.com

i have never used one so i can only go by a very very reliable source in cnet.com.

but that is quite funny. i wonder if 

WP7 will go the way of the kin, i just dont see there being enough room in the market for a 4th or 5th major smartphone OS

Well, user satisfaction says something different than CNET.



Mistershine on 30 May 2011
osamanobama said:

well it doesnt help that WP7 arent very good phones, at least according to cnet.com

i have never used one so i can only go by a very very reliable source in cnet.com.

but that is quite funny. i wonder if 

WP7 will go the way of the kin, i just dont see there being enough room in the market for a 4th or 5th major smartphone OS


http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20048236-17.html

Somebody has faith.

Also, My HTC 7 Pro is great.



Zomb1337 on 31 May 2011

Quite the funny statistic, but with Nokia dropping Symbian for WP7, the Windows Phone 7 market penetration is going to SKYROCKET, and I hope I see a good WP7 phone on Boost Mobile soon so I can have mobile Xbox LIVE access.



PREDICTIONS:
(Predicted on 5/31/11) END of 2011 Sales - Xbox 360 = 62M;  PS3 = 59M;  Wii = 97M

loves2splooge on 01 June 2011

I'm sure Windows Mobile 7 is a good OS and you have quality manufacturers like HTC making phones for the platform. Windows Mobile 7 is never going to take off though. Android is the darling of the "I am a PC" crowd. It's open-source but unlike Linux it's accessible and "cool enough" to not just be for nerds and has strong app support. Maybe things would have been different if Microsoft beat Google to the punch or released WM7 around the same time as Android.

Also Android OS is already in first place as far as smartphone OS market share goes. http://www.smartcompany.com.au/information-technology/20110601-android-market-share-drops-in-us.html and apparently Android market share is starting to peak out (doesn't sound like good news for a platform that is expected to keep growing. Maybe it's because of the new White iPhone. lol). It was actually at 37% in the US but it's now down to 36% while iPhone is at only 26% and Blackberry at 23%. Windows Mobile 7 is only at 1% (but pre-7 Windows Mobile is at 9%). If you count iOS smart devices altogether vs. Android smart devices, iOS smart devices shipped like more than double. But shipments are not the same as active users (many people replaced their old iOS devices) so it's unclear what the smart device market share is like.



Around the Network
EyeAmTJ on 01 June 2011

WP7 have some weak phones out that's why



disolitude on 01 June 2011
EyeAmTJ said:

WP7 have some weak phones out that's why

Actually specs on the phones are pretty solid and are all standard accross the board. Most of them came out 6 months before the playstation phone, and they are equal to or greater than Ps phone in terms of raw specs.

I guess I don't know what you mean by "weak"...



Ail on 01 June 2011

WP7 marketshare will start increasing next year when Nokia starts shipping smart phones using WP7..



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

EyeAmTJ on 16 July 2011
disolitude said:
EyeAmTJ said:

WP7 have some weak phones out that's why

Actually specs on the phones are pretty solid and are all standard accross the board. Most of them came out 6 months before the playstation phone, and they are equal to or greater than Ps phone in terms of raw specs.

I guess I don't know what you mean by "weak"...


weak as in phones that look like crap..but im on sprint so they only have 1 WP7 phone & its garbage SMH



welshbloke on 16 July 2011
PullusPardus said:

i'd love if they release WP7 games on the android market, or just give a sign that the Windows Phone OS is staying by making new phones, and not going to disappear fast like the Zune did.


And the investment with Nokia does not give you that assurance? Not sure what you want when it comes to assurances. 



W.L.B.B. Member, Portsmouth Branch.

(Welsh(Folk) Living Beyond Borders)

Winner of the 2010 VGC Holiday sales prediction thread with an Average 1.6% accuracy rating. I am indeed awesome.

Kinect as seen by PS3 owners ...if you can pick at it   ...post it ... Did I mention the 360 was black and Shinny? Keeping Sigs obscure since 2007, Passed by the Sig police 5July10.