iOS did this by making smartphones simple, embracing the concept of “Apps” better than anyone else had before, and by riding that massive wave of momentum that comes from being Apple’s next shiny thing. ” Google did everything that Apple would not (for better or worse), for the consumer and everyone else in the industry. Oh, it does plenty of things — and it does them all. Put it on all of them. Android did it by becoming the anti-iPhone. Than what the folks leading the pack are doing, that you change the race entirely. Windows Phone, meanwhile, has very few tricks that anyone could inarguably say that it does better. it’s just different.

But I am maintaining guarded patience with the hope that Microsoft (and AT&T) will do the right thing, and soon. ” Oh, and I have only turned it off briefly a half dozen times since January. 5, my previous platform, my apps load almost instantly. I will tell you what I am (not) missing though. Absolutely terrible batery life, phone resets because I have to, malware and other unscrupulous activity. “My WiFi has “never once” disconnected at home, the office, friends homes, Starbucks or McDonalds. Andrew, I think you are ready for a new platform.