How Many Kins Did Microsoft Sell in Two Months?

[JMcEntegart]

Over the last 24 hours or so, there's been a lot of talk about Microsoft's Kin messaging phones, particularly how many Redmond managed to shift before they pulled the plug.

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[frye]

They sold terribly because they look like crap and probably performed like crap.

And no, I don't know anyone with a kin. At all.

 

[Shadow703793]

The Kin was dead even before it came to market. It was just plain bad imo.

 

[Guest]

Yeah, I have a Kin. Big whoop. Wanna fight about it?

 

[jaysbob]

wtf is a kin?

 

[zambutu]

I had never heard of them til now. Not available in Canada?

 

[NoCaDrummer]

I had never heard of them til now. Not available in Canada?

You Canadians are SO lucky... Universal Health Care and NO Kins.

 

[proxy711]

[citation][nom]NoCaDrummer[/nom]You Canadians are SO lucky... Universal Health Care and NO Kins.[/citation]

Ya hows that health care working for you guys?

oh you're still waiting for them to attach that finger you lost 4 months ago...

 

[lachow]

Kin, reteaching the lesson that was Zune.

 

[nicklasd87]

I didn't even know Kin was launched...

 

[Madhatter4]

I knew that piece of **** was going to flop even before release

 

[wotan31]

Kin was complete garbage, just like every other phone product Microsoft has ever made. They just don't have a clue when it comes to phones. Windows Mobile is a bad joke, it has what, 1% market share? The phone world right now is Android vs. iPhone. There are no other players that matter.

 

[tsnorquist]

@wotan

Nokia makes a nice system with Symbian. To say they aren't "players" is a bit naive.

 

[eklipz330]

[citation][nom]Some person[/nom]Yeah, I have a Kin. Big whoop. Wanna fight about it?[/citation]

hold on to that kin like it was your own child dude... it's gonna be worth a lot one day, it's a collectors item for sure

 

[enzo matrix]

Now, 503 phones over a period of two months isn't just bad; it's awful. Woeful sales like that don't come from poor marketing

Actually, they are. My first question when I read the title was "WTF is a kin?"

 

[thegreathuntingdolphin]

From my recent learning experience...Verizon's display devices are dummy units with limited funtionality and are there to show menus and what the device is able to do once it is activated.

My experience has been that they are fully web functional phones. You could set up email, facebook, etc on them. I usually cant text or call anyone but I can do just about everything else.

[citation][nom]nicklasd87[/nom]I didn't even know Kin was launched...[/citation]

I honestly didn't know it had launched either. I thought Kin was launching later this year.

 

[mindspring]

I bet ya Jane owns a Kin.

 

[g-thor]

You've got to be kidding. The cell phone company stores I've visited here in Canada only have dummy phones. When I was thinking about an Android phone, the only reason I got to try it hands on was the salesman had his own with him and let me try it.

The cell phone companies here are cheap when it comes to showing you product, pricey when it comes to service.

 

[walt526]

[citation][nom]wotan31[/nom]The phone world right now is Android vs. iPhone. There are no other players that matter.[/citation]

Ever hear of something called Blackberry?

 

[wishmaster12]

sure i love social networking, but i wont buy a social networking phone. lol , stupid newbies.