Microsoft is said to be spending $100 million on the Windows Phone 7 ad campaign, and pulled out all the stops for a glitzy product launch yesterday. But a market research source says that only 40,000 phones were sold the first day, dwarfed by the 200,000 Android devices Google activates each day, and by the 600,000 first-day pre-ordres of the iPhone 4. At this rate, Microsoft will never catch up.
TheStreet.com reports that:
Contrast that with the iPhone 4, which had 600,000 pre-orders , and with Android phones, which Google says are activated at a clip of 200,000 per day.
One report said that the HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 sold out after one day . So how can the platform be a dud the first day, but also have a phone sell out on the first day? Because of component shortages such as those used in touch screens, t here is expected to be a shortage of Windows Phone 7s . Before the launch in the U.S. there were shortages in Europe.
So Microsoft faces the worst of possible worlds right now --- slack demand, and potential shortages for any models, like the high-end 4.3-inch screen HTC HD7, that become popular.
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Microsoft is said to be spending $100 million on the Windows Phone 7 ad campaign, and pulled out all the stops for a glitzy product launch yesterday.
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Does that make Windows Phone 7 a flop compared to recent launches of iOS powered devices? Remember that Microsoft has to overcome the bad reputation Windows
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Minimalistic Windows Phone 7 displays flanked a stage bedecked with oversized candy canes and lollipops. Perry made her entrance by jumping out of a giant
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Sony Ericsson earlier this year said that the company had committed to release Windows Phone 7 smartphones. We've yet to see what Sony Ericsson is up to, |
Or was this whole Slate 500 launch just a PR stunt meant to show consumers and business partners that HP delivers on its promises (making a Windows 7
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Check this video out -- Apple "Windows 7 Launch Upgrade Fever" #1 Customer Service Commercial via @
@ I just remember a full boxed copy of Windows 7 Ultimate being like £500 at launch at my local stores.
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Nokia CEO talks more about Windows Phone 7 launch