You mean it's not because of being late to the game, poor marketing, indifferent vendors, etc, etc?
You're right about all that. All mismanagement coming along that really held us back. But the real reason why we're not doing well is because of the negative stigma surrounding, from software, to features, to apps.
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How do you explain Itsdagram having 12,000 downloads in one night. Obviously more features is the better.
. 90% Android phone users use Android phones because of the openness of their OS, the freedom to customize, the freedom to choose whatever they want, they're not going to switch to WP8 just so they can resize tiles. iPhone users use iPhones because of their apps, they're not switching to WP8 just so they could whine about the lack of apps.
2. 99% of the user base including me is whining and complaining about basic features that are missing, like individual tones for different profiles.
3. 99% of the user base is disappointed because of the lack of notification feature. Live tiles? They don't even work 50% of the time, and even if they do, the notifications are late.
4. No important games, of course hard core gamers will stick to their free games in Android - they have to deal with so much lag. Imagine all the hardcore games in WP8? No.. the WP8 fluidity is smooth is a myth. How could you play games in WP8 if so many games are unplayable because of bad coding? Let alone not available in the market? You call it smooth when the live tiles are updating poorly? Nope.
5. We have to go deep deep deep down into setting just to change screen brightness, but for what? 3 levels of brightness? Enough said.
6. More, those are just on top of my head. There are MORE FEATURES that are way more important that are missing in WP8, and no one is switching to us because we lack them.
Now, if you have anything to say or argue to this, they you're clearly trolling or just don't have anything else to do. You know what, here:
What WP needs to succeed. Nope marketing is not in the minds of most users. #1 Feature is Notification hub.
It just annoys, ANNOYS me so much when people say they want to keep Windows Phone 8 in its "minimalistic UI", or that more features will ruin "minimalistic UI". That's like saying we don't want to progress as an OS. This whole narrow-mindedness and pretentiousness is really annoying. No I'm not switching to Android because I want Windows Phone. But the truth is, Windows Phone is not going anywhere without these basic features. I love Windows Phone, and I want us to succeed but we NEED MORE FEATURES, WE DON"T WANT DULL LIFELESS TILES, WE WANT MORE APPS, WE WANT MORE. Don't you get it? I didn't pay A TON of money for this flagship phone. I want a REAL smartphone packing with a lot of features. And no, I'm not switching to iPhone or Android.
/RANT and /STEAMING OFF ANNOYED MODE