Dr.Phil
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just saying, the iphones on all three carriers, the galaxy nexus will be on them all soon. i think consumers would eat these things up! i know if they bring it to sprint im getting one asap.
You seem to think that Google and Apple were responsible for the Nexus and the iPhone to be available on multiple carriers. It's not a one-sided deal. The carrier has to agree to offer a phone on their network. Verizon and Sprint both WANTED the iPhone on their networks because they saw the major cash revenue AT&T was making off of it. All of the carriers wanted the Nexus because they saw how much consumers wanted the device (AT&T asked on their Google Plus page whether people would be interested in the device. They don't just ask those things for nothing. It is to help them see whether a device would be good or not to offer.) The point is, carriers aren't seeing the major gain offering Windows Phones. They don't bring in the volume of consumers that other OS' do. This will, of course, change. Apple's iPhone and Google's Nexus weren't always hugely desired by the carriers. The Nexus was only offered on T-Mobile and then Sprint (and AT&T only through Best Buy and after months of it already being offered) got the Nexus S. It wasn't until this recent Galaxy Nexus that the carriers really wanted to offer it on their network. The same is going to go for Windows Phone. The Nokia 900 may be offered on other carriers or it may not. People who really want the device will switch carriers to get it, just like they did the iPhone when it was on AT&T for years. We can't really know how much a carrier would want these new devices until they actually hit the market and the other carriers look to AT&T to see how well they sell. So, my point is, the future of Windows Phone relies more on AT&T and how well they market the device as well as how many AT&T customers want the device.