@toddybottom_z You are aware that Android is the market leader and it only took them a couple of years to get there. Android has over 50% market share and iPhone has less than 30%. How did Android overtake iPhone so quickly if people are locked into iPhone as you claim?
1. WP excels at music. Most people's music is in MP3 format which is not locked into a platform and exporting music from iTunes to Zune software is braindead simple. Almost all music streaming services have an app for WP including Rhapsody, Zune Pass, Spotify, Rdio, etc.
2. Most people do not buy a lot of apps for their phone, especially if they are Android users. The average iPhone user lives with the apps preinstalled on the phone. And the ones that have purchased apps on their phone care more about their availability on another platform than the investment (.99-$1.99 for most apps). This isn't the same as being locked into Windows (XP, Vista, 7) where a single piece of software may have cost you hundreds and games usually start at $30 a pop. Apps are cheap and mostly free.
3. The dock issue did not prevent Android from taking over the market and none of the Android phones have compatible docks with one another. The industry is moving towards wireless docking anyway through DLNA and NFC. So for the few people who this is an issue it will be gone soon.
4. iChat and Facetime are not popular services. Most people have Skype or Tango so that they can chat with their friends that don't have Facetime (all Android and PC users). Again if this was an issue for a lot of people then Android wouldn't have taken over the market so quickly.
5. The app availability thing is quickly becoming a non-issue. WP has over 60,000 apps and is now adding 12,000 apps a month to the marketplace. Most of the top apps are already available for the platform.
Like I said if these were real issues for most consumers then Android would not have beaten iPhone so easily. All of these examples could have been used against someone buying an Android phone. Most consumers do not even own a Smartphone yet.
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