King@blackneon.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agoMicrosoft spent two years and $1B developing the Kin mobile phone line, which failed after just 48 days in 2010(May 14-June 30) due to poor sales. They blamed Verizon for not promoting it enoughen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down13
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft spent two years and $1B developing the Kin mobile phone line, which failed after just 48 days in 2010(May 14-June 30) due to poor sales. They blamed Verizon for not promoting it enoughen.wikipedia.orgKing@blackneon.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 day agoit’s crazy to me that american carriers can basically hold hardware ransom.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·1 day agoGranted this was 15 years ago. The market was a lot different than it is now. That being said, most people still buy their phones through their carrier. So whatever the carrier sales reps get paid the most to sell is what they push people towards.
it’s crazy to me that american carriers can basically hold hardware ransom.
Granted this was 15 years ago. The market was a lot different than it is now.
That being said, most people still buy their phones through their carrier. So whatever the carrier sales reps get paid the most to sell is what they push people towards.