Microsoft Confirms It Is Killing Its Kin
If Verizon Had
sold it as a Multimedia phone and not a full blown PDA then they would have sold a ton. Who wants to pay $30 a month for something that has half the features of every PDA,BB,Droid out there! The sales force is the first line and nobody I know would recommend this thing. Now if data was $10 - $20 for this device it would be an option but if you are going to pay $30 a month then why would you get this instead of the other choices.... idiotic ...I knew it would die a quick death the day it was released
The problem was Verizon
Microsoft was stupid enough to choose the provider with the worse prepaid plans. Phuck, they have the worst plans period. Especially for a product of this nature.
I said previously, if they really wanted this to succeed they should have put it on Virgin Mobile with a big ad campaign with the likes of MTV or something. You have the target the right demographic and this what they failed to do. The Sidekick became a big hit cause it worked on prepaid and T-Mo had Flexpay aka no contract plans with it as well. Verizon has none of the kind.
What phucking teenager is gonna have enough credit to get a line with Verizon by themselves and secondly why would a parent even trust a 14-15 old with a post-paid plan not go over their allocated minu...
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I said previously, if they really wanted this to succeed they should have put it on Virgin Mobile with a big ad campaign with the likes of MTV or something. You have the target the right demographic and this what they failed to do. The Sidekick became a big hit cause it worked on prepaid and T-Mo had Flexpay aka no contract plans with it as well. Verizon has none of the kind.
What phucking teenager is gonna have enough credit to get a line with Verizon by themselves and secondly why would a parent even trust a 14-15 old with a post-paid plan not go over their allocated minu...
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lol funniest news of the day maybe the horrible "kendra kin " commercials will stop
When you're last - and falling behind further still... the last thing you want to do is split your efforts.
I thought MS was stupid for doing Kin + 7... maybe someone at top realized how stupid it was.
I thought MS was stupid for doing Kin + 7... maybe someone at top realized how stupid it was.
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You don't care cause you have no idea what you are talking about. None. Zero. Zip. Village Idiot.
How exactly do you put a device that is constantly updating info to the studio on a pre-paid plan? Like any carrier is going to let you upload 8 gigs ...
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How exactly do you put a device that is constantly updating info to the studio on a pre-paid plan? Like any carrier is going to let you upload 8 gigs ...
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dispite the fact that it did not catch on
I liked the phone equipment, if they re load WP7 on the same hardware I think it would be a big win
Dead on Arrival
they didn't have to kill it
it was dead on arrival..er conception
Microsoft shareholders should be asking
how did it ever get as far as it did?
it was dead on arrival..er conception
Microsoft shareholders should be asking
how did it ever get as far as it did?
no doubt. everything on that phone was complete crap
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Not to mention that they required $30 data plan for a dumbphone lol
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Anyone know if this is the fastest kill....
brand kill in history?
I can't think of anything that was dead faster. Sure they have discontinued phones for recalls, but this is basically a brand destruction. After investing in all this marketing I might have rolled Kin into windows 7 somehow.
I can't think of anything that was dead faster. Sure they have discontinued phones for recalls, but this is basically a brand destruction. After investing in all this marketing I might have rolled Kin into windows 7 somehow.
