Windows Phones Getting Buried At Carriers' Stores 412
tripleevenfall sends in a PCMag story about how Microsoft's problems in driving Windows Phone 7 adoption stem in part from how the phones are represented to customers in carriers' stores. Quoting:
"At AT&T, the salesperson was a recent iPhone to Android convert. She was enthusiastic about WP7 devices, saying that Netflix was on WP7 and not available on her Android, and looked embarrassed when she walked me over to AT&T's unkempt WP7 display shelf. ... At a Verizon reseller kiosk, a salesman clearly tried to deter me from buying a WP7 device altogether. Not only did not he appear to know the fundamental difference between Windows Mobile and WP7, his kiosk didn't even offer WP7 devices and said you'd only find WP7 demo products at a few of Verizon's big retail stores. 'Honestly, only 1 out of 500 customers comes in here asking for a Windows phone,' he said. 'Verizon won't roll them out to kiosks until it performs better on the market.'"
Re:Ok... (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks for letting us know?
I'm sure they were just trying to make us aware that it's going to be hard for Win Phone 7 [tgdaily.com] to trounce the iPhone by 2015 if the carriers keep hiding it under the rotting corpse.
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IT'S A CONSPIRACY!
These are the best devices in the entire Youniverse. They have the look and functionality of Tandy Deskmate, paired with the savvy charisma that you've come to associate with Ballmer!
If Verizon didn't keep these things DOWN, you would be able to keep them UP!
Re:Verizon won't roll them out to kiosks. . . (Score:5, Funny)
How can you say that? It's so cruel to poor little MS - getting shoved around by the big boys! :-( I want to join a "help MS defeat the system" society - do you know if there is one yet?