Ballmer: Win Phone 7 Has The Best Looking Handsets

Steve Ballmer is most definitely one of the more belicose CEOs on the planet, but when it comes to Microsoft latest baby, Win Phone 7, he is been uncharacteristically quiet. Well he is started doing something about that in an interview with USA Today, in which he claims Windows Phone 7 has the best looking handsets in the business.

"There is a lot of competition, but we have got the best-looking phones on the market. We have got the greatest range of alternatives, the phones, the software, the craftsmanship. It is as good or better than anything out there. We have a lot of work to do. But, we are in the game. We sold 1.5 million into the carriers."

Ignoring the opening line hyperbole he does actually make a good point in terms of being able to offer customers a range of products. This has been one of Android greatest strengths, the ability to fit different types of customers, something not so easy for iOS with its single handset. Microsoft has done this whilst also maintaining a commonality amongst the different handsets through a standardised OS and standardized hardware specifications.

Of course it is early days for Windows Phone 7, but Ballmer clearly feels the platform has come out of its shell enough for him to start bagging it up.