I made two mistakes lately.
The first was watching the Gadget Show. A program on Channel 5 (UK) that does reviews of gadgets. (tablets and smartphones as well)
The second was watching a video on The Guardian UK website that discussed the 'Best and Worst' smartphones of 2013.
You'll notice I'm not linking to either as I don't believe they deserve the links. If you're interested in either of the things I'm about to discuss you can find both on their websites.
So let's start with the Gadget Show.
They did a best of the budget 'unknown' smartphones. Here is the group of phones that most people won't buy simply because they don't know them, so low budget Androids typically with company names that no one really knows. But they included the Lumia 520 in the mix. Funny how Nokia is an unknown name....
They had three rounds. The 520 cruised through the first round, camera. The second round it squeezed through, which was audio being one of the last three and came in last in in the third round against two Android phones. The main reason behind it coming last? Windows Phone operating system being too confusing. The two guys they had using it were completely useless. I question the legitimacy the final round of course as it would appear that the users who had the Androids knew how to use them.
So that annoyed me to no end. It didn't make the L520 or Windows Phone look good at all.
Now onto The Guardian video.
Here we have a video from two of The Guardian's tech reviewers. I use the term reviewer loosely here as they don't deserve the term. In the video they go over a bunch of mobile phones from the year saying which ones they liked and didn't like. So why do I take issue with this? Simple, NOT ONE Windows Phone was in the video. It's like Windows Phone or Nokia didn't exist. This being in a country where WP has over 10% market share. They reviewed a bunch of Androids and of course the iPhone with my fav reviewer Charles Arthur drooling over it as usual. I'm surprised he didn't get the thing wet.
Now, I know a bunch of people will say, well it's just The Guardian. My problem is that this video was on their front page for a bit as the main headline and is still there as a story. Needless to say I have to wonder what's going on when a major news outlet completely shuns an OS and manufacturer.
To me this is indication that MS and Windows Phone still have a long way to go.
There are a lot of us who are happy with our choice but it would seem that the media has a major bias and the general public are still uninterested.
The first was watching the Gadget Show. A program on Channel 5 (UK) that does reviews of gadgets. (tablets and smartphones as well)
The second was watching a video on The Guardian UK website that discussed the 'Best and Worst' smartphones of 2013.
You'll notice I'm not linking to either as I don't believe they deserve the links. If you're interested in either of the things I'm about to discuss you can find both on their websites.
So let's start with the Gadget Show.
They did a best of the budget 'unknown' smartphones. Here is the group of phones that most people won't buy simply because they don't know them, so low budget Androids typically with company names that no one really knows. But they included the Lumia 520 in the mix. Funny how Nokia is an unknown name....
They had three rounds. The 520 cruised through the first round, camera. The second round it squeezed through, which was audio being one of the last three and came in last in in the third round against two Android phones. The main reason behind it coming last? Windows Phone operating system being too confusing. The two guys they had using it were completely useless. I question the legitimacy the final round of course as it would appear that the users who had the Androids knew how to use them.
So that annoyed me to no end. It didn't make the L520 or Windows Phone look good at all.
Now onto The Guardian video.
Here we have a video from two of The Guardian's tech reviewers. I use the term reviewer loosely here as they don't deserve the term. In the video they go over a bunch of mobile phones from the year saying which ones they liked and didn't like. So why do I take issue with this? Simple, NOT ONE Windows Phone was in the video. It's like Windows Phone or Nokia didn't exist. This being in a country where WP has over 10% market share. They reviewed a bunch of Androids and of course the iPhone with my fav reviewer Charles Arthur drooling over it as usual. I'm surprised he didn't get the thing wet.
Now, I know a bunch of people will say, well it's just The Guardian. My problem is that this video was on their front page for a bit as the main headline and is still there as a story. Needless to say I have to wonder what's going on when a major news outlet completely shuns an OS and manufacturer.
To me this is indication that MS and Windows Phone still have a long way to go.
There are a lot of us who are happy with our choice but it would seem that the media has a major bias and the general public are still uninterested.
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