Comments on: Samsung’s new Galaxy Pocket laughs at cheap Windows Phones

By: Andy Boxall

Andy Boxall — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:11:27 +0000

Me too, I think it's a great smartphone OS. And you're right, all the other manufacturers have treated Windows Phone like the poor relation and haven't seen great sales because of it. Didn't LG and HTC say sales were so low they wouldn't be launching any WP devices until Apollo?

Nokia needs one or two more phones, each with a great, headline feature such as the PureView camera to sew the current WP market up. It's good to see them focused, in a way that Samsung really isn't.

By: Jeffrey Van Camp

Jeffrey Van Camp — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:10:26 +0000

Very true. Samsung and HTC make Windows Phones, as do ZTE, Acer, and Fujitsu, but it seems like an afterthought for them all. Nokia is the only company that has put itself on the line. So I get ya there. Samsung is notorious for dipping its feet in most areas though, so I think it would honestly be fine with Windows Phone rising. It would just start making more of them. I am rooting for Nokia a bit though. I'd like to see Windows Phone become a viable platform.

By: Andy Boxall

Andy Boxall — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:58:02 +0000

Thanks. Nokia is Windows Phone at the moment though, right? It's the only manufacturer embracing the OS, in the same way that Samsung has truly embraced Android. It's going to be a fascinating ongoing battle.

By: prats_usa

prats_usa — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:48:37 +0000

laughs? what samsung sponsored you or android? it laughs? there are so many low end android devices, which of them work well? compare a low end android to a windows phone…android cannot match what windows phone has. nokia lumia 610 is a far better, faster, and a more usable os.

By: Saulo Passos

Saulo Passos — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:57:04 +0000

Dear Andy,

I’m Saulo Passos, head of communications for Mobile Phones at Nokia. Just to clarify that Nokia Asha devices, such as the beautiful Asha 302 launched at MWC, run on Series 40 operating system and not on Symbian. Could you please update the data?

Thank you.

Saulo Passos

@saulo

By: mrhacker95

mrhacker95 — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:49:22 +0000

Cheap phones are to boring and a 2.3 inch screen Really? 2mp camera that is just nasty.

By: Jeffrey Van Camp

Jeffrey Van Camp — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:46:54 +0000

Hmm. Interesting angle, but Samsung makes cheap Windows Phones also like the Focus Flash. All of the big players seem to be stepping up their game in delivering better low-end smartphones (Motorola too), but I'm not sure Windows Phone is the exact threat here. Nokia, maybe.