There is one thing that really don’t help WindowsPhone and that is exclusivity that all provider sign with phone manufacturer…
Samsung understand that a long time ago and they arethe best seller phone in the world… when you want a Samsung phone, every providersale the same branded phone … (I’ll speak for Canada because I not sure in US,but it’s probably the same) you like to get a S4 or a note 3, I can go to anyprovider in Canada and get the phone… probably they all got a different versionof the phone but all have the same phone, so just have to chose the provider andget the phone…
If you look at windows phone and Nokia, every providerhave a exclusivity on a different model… if you’d like a specific model, youhave to pray that the provider where you like to get your service is the onehaving the exclusivity… and is not that easy to buy a phone from a provider touse it on different one…
The lumia 1020 that Rogers sale in Canada use a modemwith I think ALL the major frequency. Correct me if I’m rong but I think thisphone can work basically on any provider in the world:
GSM/EDGE Bands: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
HSPA+/HSPA Bands: 850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz
LTE Bands: 2100MHz
a single model can work anywhere..
Basically, If Microsoft want to help their cause, they should use thesame business model then Samsung… a single Model on the most provider possible…
Apple does that and LG start to do so with the G2…
I think if Microsoft start doing the same with Nokia, the platform willexpend faster…
What are your thoughts on that?
Samsung understand that a long time ago and they arethe best seller phone in the world… when you want a Samsung phone, every providersale the same branded phone … (I’ll speak for Canada because I not sure in US,but it’s probably the same) you like to get a S4 or a note 3, I can go to anyprovider in Canada and get the phone… probably they all got a different versionof the phone but all have the same phone, so just have to chose the provider andget the phone…
If you look at windows phone and Nokia, every providerhave a exclusivity on a different model… if you’d like a specific model, youhave to pray that the provider where you like to get your service is the onehaving the exclusivity… and is not that easy to buy a phone from a provider touse it on different one…
The lumia 1020 that Rogers sale in Canada use a modemwith I think ALL the major frequency. Correct me if I’m rong but I think thisphone can work basically on any provider in the world:
GSM/EDGE Bands: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
HSPA+/HSPA Bands: 850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz
LTE Bands: 2100MHz
a single model can work anywhere..
Basically, If Microsoft want to help their cause, they should use thesame business model then Samsung… a single Model on the most provider possible…
Apple does that and LG start to do so with the G2…
I think if Microsoft start doing the same with Nokia, the platform willexpend faster…
What are your thoughts on that?