Re: WPC 30K Post Challenge - You Ready?!
My opinion behind SD cards is that there are many issues with them. If people buy cheap ones they are easily corrupted. There's compatibility issues in relation to speed and size. Then there's the issue of illegal applications. This is without going into the issues that WP had with them in general.
As for internal storage, to this day I don't quite understand what's going on here. The prices are completely out of sync with reality. Minimum 16GB internal storage for low end devices, though I would prefer higher. That also goes with the 1GB RAM issue. There should never have been 512MB RAM devices.
As for storage, personally, if MSFT is going to keep standardizing hardware, going forward they should do this:
Low end - 8GB internal + SD slot, 1GB RAM
Mid range - 16GB internal + SD slot, 1 or 2GB RAM
High end - 32GB minimum (SD slot optional), 3GB RAM minimum.
I think they were right to move to NAND flash as the internal due to the fact that people all always buy knock off SD cards. Memory should be one of those things that is offered cheaper to the consumer, but everyone follows the Apple model to screw over consumers, and often times, must OEMs don't have the support in place to justify taking advantage of consumers/ "offering a premium experience".
Now that MSFT is roughly to a point where they can access the latest chipsets as early as Android does, there is no excuse for the mid range to have 8GB internal or for there to be any 512MB RAM devices. If MSFT continues to not comprise smartly, I bet you all still see them have issues in the mid range.
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