Microsoft puts you in charge of the Windows Phone team/division/whatever and tasks you with getting Windows Phone up to 30% market share in the US in the next five years. How do you plan to accomplish that?
Keep in mind, if you are successful, Satya Nadella will personally give you a golden loo and a free year of Xbox Live.
it's about the software and then the distribution. basically, they would need a really good, light-weight OS that was designed with small screen sizes in mind. core tasks should be easy and intuitive, and accessible in a logical way from the user interface. the main mobile OS's still have remnants of 2008 in them, and I think now is a good time for some firm to do some rethinking given the increased computational power in mobile devices. historically, it is unlikely microsoft will be the company to do that.
in terms of distribution the OS would most likely need to be free, or very inexpensive: say $20. no dumb sub models or item malls. I would think in the long run it would also be beneficial to target the platform and distribution to middle and high end users, the poo phone market will always be very competitive and price orientated.
Ryder Collins
>In the US
Impossible
It could dominate developing markets (i.e. India) though
Jose James
>get holywood jews on the phone >pay them to use windows phones in top TV series and movies
Michael Powell
Microsoft is run by Aryans (just look at Nadella), Hollywood Jews would never listen to them.
holywood jews have only one master and they do everything for him.
Aaron Cooper
Make the Surface Phone happen.
Luke Davis
I make it free. Run M$ into the ground and accomplish my goal. Sell the loo and year of Xbox Live.
Michael Allen
You code exclusively in emojis.
Jaxon Lopez
Make a phone that can be used anywhere, even underwater, be easy as fuck to use and have earphones be wireless.
Charles Butler
by easy as fuck to use I mean be comfortable and ergonamic, software is important as well however many people overlook the physical element of it.
Nathan Hill
Ship Android phones and update them to Windows 10.
Lincoln Cox
It would be so easy to fix windows phone and windows desktop for that matter. It boggles my mind that out of 80,000 employees or so that no one at MS has enough brains to do the obvious. its so obvious I cant even give a hint as to what it is they should do so there is no way for me to explain it to anyone and get recognized for having the solution
Nathaniel Hughes
top fucking kek
Ethan Thomas
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Daniel Howard
Complete rewrite. In Android.
Colton Peterson
They say Applel is only marketing, but didn't you see Sony or Microsoft? They're doing product placement left and right and it does kinda fuckall. Either there is a problem with their product, perceived quality, or they can't into proper product placement.
Jace Flores
Step 1. Fork Andriod Step 2. Microsoft already gets money for each android seat Step 3. Charge minimal license fee
Ryder Reed
Use Microsoft's millions to hire a crack team of blackhats to develop crippling malware for Android and iPhone, thus making them undesirable. At the same time, harden Microsoft phones to be invulnerable to retaliatory attacks. ??? Profit.
Andrew Taylor
Underrated post.
Jayden Morgan
>skimming catalog >see " Satya Nadella will personally give you..." >think to myself "I would only do it if he gave me a golden loo" >click post and see all the text >"... a golden loo and a free year of Xbox Live."
It will be a thousand years before Indians live down the poo meme.
>inb4 they will still be street shitting in 1,000 years
John Cook
they sold it back to noka at 7.5bn loss
Julian Phillips
they shouuld have made their mobile devices java totally
something viable rather than the ropy idea of the month platform or laguage, which they are not capable of doing
$10bn wasted on winrt
James Stewart
hasn't android patented the phone ring
Wyatt Sullivan
something they tried with the "kin" - an illustration of exactly why microsoft messes up
they had a viable java platform but yanked it out, put their own wonky win based crud onto it
full story was that when they bought it, they had v nice java development on it .. now they're realising that they have to move to linux to get anything viable running -- TOO LATE FOR THEIR PHONE
there is an article that outlines the huge failure of the kin -- it cost a billion and reportedly sold 30k units ... their failures are legendary and serial
the KIN looked really good until microsoft got hold of it
the remains of their failed project went into win phone 7
Alexander Scott
surface phone >dual boot with Android >usb type c >no spyware >unlocked everything >400 usd >windows logo on back lights up like macbook >logo light color can be changed in settings >cool stylus like the note 5 spen >5.7 inch amoled with 500 ppi or higher >option to have a mini windows 10 desktop >cool 99 dollar keyboard cases that slide out from the side so you can type in mini desktop mode