With high end Android products ranging up to $400, and the iPhone 5 up $600, windows has come up with a solution. They are going to offer their best phone for $199, the mid level for $99, and their low end for $49. They are making affordable smart phones to try to grab a chunk of the market. There are some original features offered on these phones, but hey, for that cheap what can you really expect? Is this a good move for microsoft? And do you think they're just trying to create some buzz before they release the anticipated new Blackberry design?
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I expect a lot from windows because they have something to prove. They are definitely making the right choice by lowering their prices. If you product does not have a cult like characteristics like the IPhone does then you have to compete in other ways. They may be waiting for the new blackberry but that does not matter right now because they need to make a profit on what they have now.
ReplyDeleteThey must be doing something right because I keep seeing their phones popping up everywhere.
ReplyDeleteReally? I don't know anybody that has a windows phone. They are either iPhone or android users.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a good move. I believe there is a need in the today's society for affordable phones that still are quality.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for including the price comparesion in between these Iphones, Andriod and Windows Phones I want to thank you for sharing your solutions and taking the time into the stuff you publish!
I expect to see how Windows Phone Use price strategy to occupy the market. and I will keep seeing Windows Phone popping up everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good product. I want a better phone than the piece of crap I have now but don't want to fork over six hundo for the iPhone. I could go for this and I think others could too.
ReplyDeleteThis is a bold move by Microsoft. I think one thing they need to be cautious of is that they do not want to associate themselves as "cheap" and lower-class. Making price alterations is sometimes a useful strategy, but it also affects their positioning. Apple can charge $800 for a new iPhone5 without contract signing because it is seen as elite. Microsoft selling phones for $50 associates themselves with an entirely different user.
ReplyDeleteI have seen one person using a Windows phone in person. It was a free work phone he only carried while at work. I think Windows has so much cash sitting around they can afford to miss every once in a while, think Zune and Windows Vista. When they do well they more than make up for it, think Xbox and Windows XP.
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