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[AnnePeltier]

The ones they made were not worth buying. I have two WP7s that are as good as any, if not better, but LG was never on that list.

[SemperFidelis]

I'm expecting Samsung to follow suit shortly... it's been ages since they've released any meaningful upgrade to the Omnias that were part of the inital WP7 launch, and that speaks volumes. With Galaxy S III just around the corner, it's no brainer that in the end MS will have to rely solely on Nokia's "burning platform". And what's this I hear that current phones won't be upgraded to WP8? Can Redmond shoot themselves in the foot so badly after the WinMo [censored]up?

[TsarNikky]

It seems understandable in view of Microsoft seems to be confused as to where its future marketplace is located. Windows-8 is one very conflicted Operating System--serving neither smartphones/tables or laptops/desktops very well. Why couldn't Microsoft leave well enough alone--one Operating System for each platform, rather than a whole collection of compromises.

[Pablo9jpk]

first all we waiting for kin
then for winmo 6.5
then 7
then 7.5
then 8
seems like we will wait for ever to buy a decent winmo.
i like how you say one of the biggest seller of cellphones, and one of the few backing winmo, just quit, and it does not matter lol

[AdasWeber0zg6]

The only relevant phone manufacturers for WP7 are HTC, Samsung and Nokia.

The rest are practically irrelevant. I don't think LG has ever been particularly popular in terms of consumer mindset, whether WP7 or otherwise. So it comes as no surprise to me that LG would pull out.

I agree with the article - basically, it doesn't matter whether or not LG supports WP7.

[AdasWeber0zg6]

SemperFidelis, on 30 April 2012 - 10:27 AM, said:

I'm expecting Samsung to follow suit shortly... it's been ages since they've released any meaningful upgrade to the Omnias that were part of the inital WP7 launch, and that speaks volumes. With Galaxy S III just around the corner, it's no brainer that in the end MS will have to rely solely on Nokia's "burning platform". And what's this I hear that current phones won't be upgraded to WP8? Can Redmond shoot themselves in the foot so badly after the WinMo [censored]up?

Samsung have already announced that they will be launching WP8 handsets.

[AdasWeber0zg6]

TsarNikky, on 30 April 2012 - 11:37 AM, said:

It seems understandable in view of Microsoft seems to be confused as to where its future marketplace is located. Windows-8 is one very conflicted Operating System--serving neither smartphones/tables or laptops/desktops very well. Why couldn't Microsoft leave well enough alone--one Operating System for each platform, rather than a whole collection of compromises.

You are confusing Windows 8 with WIndows PHONE 8.

They are two seperate operating systems. Windows 8 is for desktop and tablets. Windows PHONE 8 is for phones!

[SemperFidelis]

AdasWeber0zg6, on 30 April 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

SemperFidelis, on 30 April 2012 - 10:27 AM, said:

I'm expecting Samsung to follow suit shortly... it's been ages since they've released any meaningful upgrade to the Omnias that were part of the inital WP7 launch, and that speaks volumes. With Galaxy S III just around the corner, it's no brainer that in the end MS will have to rely solely on Nokia's "burning platform". And what's this I hear that current phones won't be upgraded to WP8? Can Redmond shoot themselves in the foot so badly after the WinMo [censored]up?

Samsung have already announced that they will be launching WP8 handsets.

A bit too late IMHO, don't you think? What should consumers do, put aside their intentions to buy a GS3 or an iPhone 5 and wait for WP8's vaporous shape? We basically know very little about it but if rumors about the lack of upgradeablility come true, it'll be the last nail in Redmond's WindowsPhone coffin. And last time Sammy launched their lackluster Omnias, people didn't exactly flock to buy them, even though they were good devices (I myself toyed a bit with a NoDo-sporting handset and it worked pretty OK). I always said that WP7 isn't a bad OS per se, but it has far stronger competitors that will literally choke it to death. People say it's a new OS (even though it's not, it has lots of code from WinMo) so it needs time, but I think that since Nov 2010 it had plenty of time to make a dent in the market. It failed to do so, proving to be just a money-gobbling black hole for MS (as the recent financial results showed) and a very unfortunate "exclusivity" choice for Nokia [The fact that Elop went with the "one-size-fits-all" agenda, giving up Maemo and Symbian in favor of WP7, is still baffling me, but when you think Elop came from Redmond...]

There's another aspect: Sammy promised WP8 phones so that they won't get hit in the nuts with patent litigations. But let's not forget, their flagship phone is the Galaxy S *, along with the plethora of variants that forked from it. Nothing stops them from launching the same lackluster devices they launched initially (and actually, Samsung's WP7 phones were the most impressive of all) just to get rid of MS's lawyers, and then continue marching on with its army of Droids. WP7 didn't propel them to the No.1 spot held for so long by Nokia, Android did, and they're smart enough not to jump the WP7/WP8 bandwagon wholeheartedly. For the sake of healthy competition, I sure wish MS succeeds with their "new" OS, but I fear that its chances of survival are undermined by sub-par management from Ballmer and its tight HW restrictions.

Again, if Mango won't see an upgrade to WP8, that'll be the end of WP as a whole. Consumers won't forgive getting shafted a second time, after the WinMo conundrum.

[day2die]

No surprise here.

LG hasn't release any new Windows Phone in over 18 months.

[day2die]

SemperFidelis, on 30 April 2012 - 10:27 AM, said:

I'm expecting Samsung to follow suit shortly... it's been ages since they've released any meaningful upgrade to the Omnias that were part of the inital WP7 launch, and that speaks volumes. With Galaxy S III just around the corner, it's no brainer that in the end MS will have to rely solely on Nokia's "burning platform". And what's this I hear that current phones won't be upgraded to WP8? Can Redmond shoot themselves in the foot so badly after the WinMo [censored]up?

LG hasn't release any new Windows Phones in over 18 months.

Also, Samsung has already said that it will release new Windows Phones in October.

[day2die]

Pablo9jpk, on 30 April 2012 - 12:21 PM, said:

first all we waiting for kin
then for winmo 6.5
then 7
then 7.5
then 8
seems like we will wait for ever to buy a decent winmo.
i like how you say one of the biggest seller of cellphones, and one of the few backing winmo, just quit, and it does not matter lol

Windows Mobiel has been discontinued, troll.

[day2die]

AdasWeber0zg6, on 30 April 2012 - 01:18 PM, said:

The only relevant phone manufacturers for WP7 are HTC, Samsung and Nokia.

The rest are practically irrelevant. I don't think LG has ever been particularly popular in terms of consumer mindset, whether WP7 or otherwise. So it comes as no surprise to me that LG would pull out.

I agree with the article - basically, it doesn't matter whether or not LG supports WP7.

Exactly. I don't know what LG is thinking releasing phones like the LG Spectrum.

[day2die]

SemperFidelis, on 30 April 2012 - 02:42 PM, said:

AdasWeber0zg6, on 30 April 2012 - 01:20 PM, said:

SemperFidelis, on 30 April 2012 - 10:27 AM, said:

I'm expecting Samsung to follow suit shortly... it's been ages since they've released any meaningful upgrade to the Omnias that were part of the inital WP7 launch, and that speaks volumes. With Galaxy S III just around the corner, it's no brainer that in the end MS will have to rely solely on Nokia's "burning platform". And what's this I hear that current phones won't be upgraded to WP8? Can Redmond shoot themselves in the foot so badly after the WinMo [censored]up?

Samsung have already announced that they will be launching WP8 handsets.

A bit too late IMHO, don't you think? What should consumers do, put aside their intentions to buy a GS3 or an iPhone 5 and wait for WP8's vaporous shape? We basically know very little about it but if rumors about the lack of upgradeablility come true, it'll be the last nail in Redmond's WindowsPhone coffin. And last time Sammy launched their lackluster Omnias, people didn't exactly flock to buy them, even though they were good devices (I myself toyed a bit with a NoDo-sporting handset and it worked pretty OK). I always said that WP7 isn't a bad OS per se, but it has far stronger competitors that will literally choke it to death. People say it's a new OS (even though it's not, it has lots of code from WinMo) so it needs time, but I think that since Nov 2010 it had plenty of time to make a dent in the market. It failed to do so, proving to be just a money-gobbling black hole for MS (as the recent financial results showed) and a very unfortunate "exclusivity" choice for Nokia [The fact that Elop went with the "one-size-fits-all" agenda, giving up Maemo and Symbian in favor of WP7, is still baffling me, but when you think Elop came from Redmond...]

There's another aspect: Sammy promised WP8 phones so that they won't get hit in the nuts with patent litigations. But let's not forget, their flagship phone is the Galaxy S *, along with the plethora of variants that forked from it. Nothing stops them from launching the same lackluster devices they launched initially (and actually, Samsung's WP7 phones were the most impressive of all) just to get rid of MS's lawyers, and then continue marching on with its army of Droids. WP7 didn't propel them to the No.1 spot held for so long by Nokia, Android did, and they're smart enough not to jump the WP7/WP8 bandwagon wholeheartedly. For the sake of healthy competition, I sure wish MS succeeds with their "new" OS, but I fear that its chances of survival are undermined by sub-par management from Ballmer and its tight HW restrictions.

Again, if Mango won't see an upgrade to WP8, that'll be the end of WP as a whole. Consumers won't forgive getting shafted a second time, after the WinMo conundrum.

I don't think you understand. A lot of people will buy whatever the carrier saleman convince them to buy. What Microsoft need to do is get carriers to go on board to support Windows Phones.

[bttlkorqn]

One thing that hurt the WP7 Phone greatly was Verizon sitting on the pot for over a year doing nothing but being a constipated carrier. Not upgrading from the Trophy phone to newer models like AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile did hurt both VZ and Windows Phone. VZ was first waiting for 4G Windows phones and should have put out new 3G models in the interium, when 4G was not rolled out nationwide. The VZ delayed even further waiting for LTE. After being a VZ client, our company left them for AT&T and the Samsung Focus S, and now the Lumia 900. Bye bye Blackberry and VZ. VZ sales could not give us a clue what they were doing or waiting for, so we gave up on them knowing what they were not telling us, but MS execs would. We took the dump for VZ.

[karthiq]

Since LG is struggling to make phones as good as others, it suits it to focus its resources and energy on one platform.