I was excited about October 6th howzabout you?

[Rose640]

I was thinking the same thing.

Well that wouldn't be a problem, since my professor is like 'Joe 10 seconds', he cant remember the last sentence he said, so sneaking out of the school without some consequences isn't that hard to do.

 

[Rose640]

If by school you guys mean University or sth close then ok, otherwise get your butts to class

3rd year of highschool, almost there! :d

 

[winboy]

I'm so excited and I can't hide it...:grin:

 

[ven07]

Yea already have a countdown app just for this event

 

[fdalbor]

Not excited at all. I have a 640 (midrange ) Windows phone and a Moto G lte (midrange) Android phone. No midrange announced. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S and a Kindle Fire HDX Android tablets. And my desktop is a HP Envy 27 inch touch screen with a I5 processor and 8GB of ram. Better than a Surface, what's to be excited about. Maybe next year as Microsoft always says.

 

[tangledW]

Not excited at all. I have a 640 (midrange ) Windows phone and a Moto G lte (midrange) Android phone. No midrange announced. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S and a Kindle Fire HDX Android tablets. And my desktop is a HP Envy 27 inch touch screen with a I5 processor and 8GB of ram. Better than a Surface, what's to be excited about. Maybe next year as Microsoft always says.

LOL
What's better than a Surface?
Certainly nothing you listed there.

I mean you can't really compare a Surface to a desktop, although spec wise it only beats it in screen size... but you can't exactly take it with you. And those tablets, they're not even close to the same class of device.

 

[someone2639]

We finally get to pull back the NDA curtains and see what MS was hiding from us!

 

[ven07]

We finally get to pull back the NDA curtains and see what MS was hiding from us!

The NDA worked for the band only. We know a lot about the phones and a few tid bits about the surface

 

[PepperdotNet]

Rubino is not expecting low end phones. Without a good line-up of low end phones WP sales could collapse.

Seriously? They released enough low end junk last year to cover a decade.

 

[someone2639]

The NDA worked for the band only. We know a lot about the phones and a few tid bits about the surface

Yes but who knows what other goodies the phones might feature?

 

[Jas00555]

Seriously? They released enough low end junk last year to cover a decade.

Exactly the problem. They released too much junk, which is why their low end push failed. They don't need the junk Nokia was pushing out like the 635, 530, 430, 435 and all of those variations, they need their own 520, a low cost, high value phone for the masses.

 

[bo_woods]

I truly feel Nokia could've had more success in the U.S if they just had better branding and fought for better carrier availability.

If the 920 was instead the Nokia Lumia X (or sumthin like that) and it had availability on At&t AND tmobile or Verizon it could've seen better success than a variant for each carrier and a hideous numbering system.

Simplicity would've been good for them and sadly they wanted to be more complicated than they needed to

 

[Spectrum90]

Exactly the problem. They released too much junk, which is why their low end push failed. They don't need the junk Nokia was pushing out like the 635, 530, 430, 435 and all of those variations, they need their own 520, a low cost, high value phone for the masses.

The low end push failed because the product was weak. WP 8.1 is a horrible operating system and It doesn't have many apps. Even selling the phones under the cost and with a decent investment in marketing, people just didn't want them.

Variety increases sales. Just look at what happens with Android. There are thousands of OEMs, each offering many models. They cover any possible combination of specs and brand message. Android has 80% of market share.

Nobody buys high end Windows Phones. The Icon, 930, 1520 were all failures. Windows phone found a small niche in the low end segment, over 70% of the sales are low end devices. With a weak line-up of low end Lumias, reduced marketing spending and limited distribution, sales are going to fall of a cliff. With such a low market share, Developers won't even consider porting their Android apps to WP and the platform will be effectively dead.

Windows phone can survive without flagship devices, but It won't survive without a solid line up of low end phones.

 

[anon(631531)]

I want to see the Lumia 950XL get introduced. That's what i'm waiting for.:winktongue:

 

[ven07]

I want to see the Lumia 950XL get introduced. That's what i'm waiting for.:winktongue:

Im where you're at

 

[ven07]

Yes but who knows what other goodies the phones might feature?

Indeed! We still need to see how well it handles w10, what version of w10 it has, the new apps (ported or MS build) etc..

 

[anon(8532178)]

Maybe idk anymore lol.

 

[ven07]

Maybe idk anymore lol.

I like the enthusiasm

 

[bo_woods]

Google Bing Apples Oranges and Grapes

 

[kokola]

Hmmm...
Not really excited.
Going to take the 'wait and see' approach.

(NOTE: I'm comparing with WP8 and 920 announcement...)