Matt@netmonkey.tech to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoCounterpoint: Flip Phones Are a Dumb Ideadaringfireball.netexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up118
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minus-squareRadicalized@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoMicrosoft did that and it sold poorly.
minus-squaregk99@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBecause it’s a Microsoft phone, not because it’s a bad idea.
minus-squareblakerboy777@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt wasn’t like a windows phone, but both times it was underpowered and glitchy. But it did run android.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.