AT&T unveils "buy one, get one free" Windows Phone 7 deal
Summary: Thinking about buying a Windows Phone 7 handset? AT&T has an offer that might interest you:
Thinking about buying a Windows Phone 7 handset? AT&T has an offer that might interest you:
AT&T just sweetened the pot a bit for the holiday shopping season with the announcement of a buy one get one free deal for the HTC Surround, LG Quantum and Samsung Focus. To take advantage of this offer head down to your local AT&T retail store, sign up for a two-year contract and you and a friend will have a couple of the coolest phones of the season.
Also thrown in is an AT&T "Entertainment Pack" consisting of free download of the Xbox LIVE puzzle game ilomilo, 30 days of Zune Pass service plus 10 free song downloads and 30 days of AT&T U-verse.
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Coolest? Really?
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Yes, really. I've used an iPhone and an Android phone and they aren't even close to what you can do from both a business (Sharepoint and Office integration) and consumer perspectives (Zune Pass, XBOX Live integration etc..)
Add to that a buy one get one free deal, yeah, I'd say this is the coolest phone on the market today by far!
Pat
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"Add to that a buy one get one free deal, yeah, I'd say this is the coolest phone on the market today by far!"
I would rather say "cheapest" smart phone that you can get today by far.
I wish I could get such a deal when I was buying 5 EVO 4G from Sprint... :-(
As for the consumer, it is better to say YMMV since to me Zune Pass and XBOX Live integration give nothing.
and they are also not flying off shelves as fast as would be liked..
everyone knows what it means when they start giving away phones for free.. BAD SALES.. lets pad the numbers..
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Ugliest UI, yes. Coolest, no way. Could care less about $hitpoint and Office integration.
It's hardly the coolest at anything an particular.
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I'd rather get an an Apple iPhone or some Android phone rather than give Microsoft another chance, although competition is good for the consumer.
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Ummm, yes. That [b]must[/b] be what it means. Although it's funny since Verizon has been running BOGO specials on Droid X, Droid 2 and Droid Incredible over the last several months, all of which were selling very well. But by your logic (funny given the name) that means that the Droid brand isn't selling and is "failing".
Or perhaps it's motivated by the carrier to get more people on board with a 2 year contract. And usually those type of offers are on phones that people want. As for the iPhone, the first gen sold as many as it did, although not the lines you proclaim, because there are a legion of people who will buy anything Apple says will be awesome. The first gen iPhone wasn't very good. Remember, apps weren't added until iOS 2. That's when it became a platform instead of just a phone and it blew up.
It also wasn't released less than two months before Christmas. Most sane people would wait for the specials to come rather than line up to be the first suckers to buy a new, untested device. Overall the feedback has been very, very good. You can deny that all you want, but that's the case. I don't know because I don't own one, I have a Droid 2 and love it. I will consider WP when my contract is up in almost 2 years.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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<i>"As for the iPhone, the first gen sold as many as it did, although not the lines you proclaim, because there are a legion of people who will buy anything Apple says will be awesome."</i>
Better yet known as brand satisfaction. Apple developed such a fanbase from years of releasing products that tops user satisfaction ratings. The original iPhone was no exception. We see it continuing with the iPad which enjoys a 95% satisfactory rating. These legions of fans and early adopters who lined up for the original iPhone knew exactly what they were getting. They were buying into a device that would go on to change the entire smart phone market. So yes, not only did Apple say it was awesome, it really was.
Remember all the BlackBerry clones out at the time? And the early competitors trying to clone the iPhone? Couldn't hold a candle to this iPhone you claim was not very good. There were things the original iPhone did that Google is still trying to get right with Android now, like the overall UI responsiveness for instance, or simple things like pinch to zoom. I've noticed when you pinch to zoom on Google maps on Android, it annoyingly continues to zoom in or zoom out more than what you've specify. Microsoft nailed the responsiveness with WP7 but are missing just way too much features.
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Don't get discouraged by the comments from the Apple/Google fanboys. I bet they havn't even tried it. I know a fanboy who bought a WP7 just to bash it (he knew he had a 30 day return policy). He kept spreading all the bad stuff about WP7 until everyone stopped caring about his opinion :). Finally, he returned the phone.
I got Samsung Focus and I love it to the core. Its a wonderful gadget, light as a feather (lighter than iPhone), bigger screen, easily fits hands, lovely screen, great performance, few apps but all good ones. It is different, if you carry somewhere, it is noticable, not like iphone, which is owned by almost everyone.
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That's not what he meant
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Hey, if I could get the kind of loyalty out of customers that Apple can I would do it in a heartbeat. I'm certainly not saying that as a negative for Apple. But you have to agree that iOS1 was not a very good OS and wasn't even close to what the iPhone was with 2, let alone where it's at today. All I was pointing out was Microsoft had a successful launch by normal product standards, and so far it's selling reasonably well. Would I call it a resounding success? Maybe not, I'm sure it could have been better. But a combination of poor launch time and customers that won't blindly buy anything you sell means it will take time to catch on.
And I certainly agree with you that Android isn't nearly as polished as iOS. I accept the trade offs because they work better for what I want out of the device. But I now see why Microsoft chose to wait on multi-tasking and why Apple did as well originally, and now allow it but tightly controlled. It is a constant fight on Android to keep processes under control and your phone running well. I have to use a combination of auto-kill and manual killing processes with a widget nearly every time I go to use the device. It's a double edged sword.
I think Microsoft has a good product now. The question is will they keep up over the next two years as contracts run out and people replace their smart phones. Remember, for the most part, the cell phone market is dictated more by the contracts and less by the release of new hardware, Apple being the only real exception.
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FIRE SALE
The same thing happened with the Kin phone, which went on sale, only to be heavily discounted shortly after.
Based on that logic that makes the iPhone a flop too
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And Verizon and have had a two for one sale on Android phones.
Oh that's right, we're not supposed to remind people of that, just your one-sided view of eveything MS related.
Nice try; Thanks for playing!
Nickkuk, could it be that
Personally, the real metric will be when it's launched on Verizon, the same thing as Android in the begining.