Cell phone manufacturers do not seem to listen to what customers want…well some do but some are just so out there. If I were going to put a device on the market right now that needed to compete with iPhone and such here is what I would do:
* Put in the best hardware – processor (quad core), loads of RAM, best cam available (we know there are 12mp+ out there in the wild), removable storage, etc.
* Use the vanilla version of Android. Seriously why spend tons of money on R+D when there is an opensource OS out there? And why put bad bloatware on it that only slows it down? If you want to add something, create an app that users can choose to use.
* Sell an unlocked version for under $350. And make versions that work on all carriers.
* Sell the phone with carriers but it should be cheap. If an unlocked version of $300-$350 a carrier version should be like $50 (if that) because the cell plan is paying for part of the phone.
And that’s just a start. Just doing those things alone would give you the best phone ever. So MS or any other hardware company that wants to make a phone that can compete with the iPhone or Galaxy SIII, here is what you can do. People do not want bloatware. People do not want expensive phones. People want phones that are powerful. Its not hard to make a phone that everyone will want but for some odd reason no companies seem to want to do it. Maybe fire your people in charge of product development and innovation because they are making junk right now.