Matt@netmonkey.tech to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years agoCounterpoint: Flip Phones Are a Dumb Ideadaringfireball.netexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up124
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minus-squareRadicalizedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoMicrosoft did that and it sold poorly.
minus-squaregk99@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoBecause it’s a Microsoft phone, not because it’s a bad idea.
minus-squareblakerboy777linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt wasn’t like a windows phone, but both times it was underpowered and glitchy. But it did run android.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI don’t think running Android really helps. Obviously it’s a better actual OS than their Windows phone trash, but their reputation on mobile is a dumpster fire. They’d have to do a huge amount to just not make the name alone tank it.
Microsoft did that and it sold poorly.
Because it’s a Microsoft phone, not because it’s a bad idea.
It wasn’t like a windows phone, but both times it was underpowered and glitchy. But it did run android.
I don’t think running Android really helps. Obviously it’s a better actual OS than their Windows phone trash, but their reputation on mobile is a dumpster fire. They’d have to do a huge amount to just not make the name alone tank it.