This experiment gets to the dirty core of why Windows Phones have such a hard time selling

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Brad Sams at Neowin has done an experiment to see how customer representatives from major telecommunications companies respond to Windows Phone. Brad went to three different carriers in the US and asked them for recommendations. Each carrier avoided Windows Phones and tried to sell Brad an iPhone.

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I had to get adamant that I wasn't going to buy anything besides a windows phone before the Verizon store employee switched tactics and was glad to sell me an Icon.

ps best phone I have owned