I know lots of iPhone owners who were planning to upgrade to an iPhone 7 when released. Every one of them I've talked to today has said that they are so disappointed with the iPhone 7 that they are probably going to leave the Apple ecosystem and choose a different OS. The high price point, coupled with the lack of carrier subsidy in the US, coupled with the fact that you also have to spend $150 to upgrade your headphones, coupled with a lack of any compelling innovation, means that even the most devout iPhone loyalists are saying, "so what else is out there?"
This is a monumental moment. The world is realizing that the emperor has no clothes.
The Surface Book and Surface Pro lines have been so successful that Microsoft is kinda cool once again. So, in this monumental moment, if Microsoft has ANY decent phone for sale that will work on the dominant carriers like Verizon, the fanboys may finally be willing to take a serious look at an MS phone.
So, what great alternative is Microsoft offering these longtime ifanboys to seal the deal? The answer: "You can buy a really nice Samsung Android phone that will tide you over until the SurfacePhone comes out next spring (which it may or may not do)."
MS has completely dropped the ball. It reminds me of when Apple came out with the iPad, and the hardware partners were wondering, "what OS can we put on a tablet and try to compete with the iPad?" Since MS had no serious touch-based OS, the hardware partners had to turn to Android, which at the time was a touch-based phone OS that was not ideal but could be tweaked to work on a tablet. And to this day, Android remains the dominant OS in the tablet market.
Sadly, MS has once again missed an incredible opportunity by failing to have any serious phone available at a key moment. My ifanboy friends will likely end up with a Samsung (as I had to when Verizon didn't carry the 950).
This was a missed opportunity that will come back to haunt MS.
This is a monumental moment. The world is realizing that the emperor has no clothes.
The Surface Book and Surface Pro lines have been so successful that Microsoft is kinda cool once again. So, in this monumental moment, if Microsoft has ANY decent phone for sale that will work on the dominant carriers like Verizon, the fanboys may finally be willing to take a serious look at an MS phone.
So, what great alternative is Microsoft offering these longtime ifanboys to seal the deal? The answer: "You can buy a really nice Samsung Android phone that will tide you over until the SurfacePhone comes out next spring (which it may or may not do)."
MS has completely dropped the ball. It reminds me of when Apple came out with the iPad, and the hardware partners were wondering, "what OS can we put on a tablet and try to compete with the iPad?" Since MS had no serious touch-based OS, the hardware partners had to turn to Android, which at the time was a touch-based phone OS that was not ideal but could be tweaked to work on a tablet. And to this day, Android remains the dominant OS in the tablet market.
Sadly, MS has once again missed an incredible opportunity by failing to have any serious phone available at a key moment. My ifanboy friends will likely end up with a Samsung (as I had to when Verizon didn't carry the 950).
This was a missed opportunity that will come back to haunt MS.