Comment on Microsoft 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 enough

• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well considering the article is about a product launch in the US… seems relevant. Carrier locking isn’t illegal at all in the US.

  They didn’t even used to have to unlock it once a contract was over, not that most carriers at the time would allow unlocked phones on their network anyway, they do at least have to do that now.

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