That still only transfers to a market where people are used to lockins. In Europe the Apple iPhone lockins make it a lot less sexy.
I'm not saying it's a phone which can be ignored entirely, but the truth is that I still see Windows Mobile smart-phones everywhere having a hard time seeing anything else. Hence calling Windows mobile a complete failure seems like a rather narrow look at things which has no basis in reality.
Add to this that basically every brand of phone sold here except for the iPhone comes with any carrier and any plan you like, and the iPhone has serious hurdles it needs to overcome to be a viable alternative to most people here.
I'm not saying it's a phone which can be ignored entirely, but the truth is that I still see Windows Mobile smart-phones everywhere having a hard time seeing anything else. Hence calling Windows mobile a complete failure seems like a rather narrow look at things which has no basis in reality.
Add to this that basically every brand of phone sold here except for the iPhone comes with any carrier and any plan you like, and the iPhone has serious hurdles it needs to overcome to be a viable alternative to most people here.