But 18 months ago, Windows phone was sitting at a low single digit market share in the US. I can't see anyone with more than half a brain deciding to purchase a Windows phone over an iPhone for enterprise unless the only determining factor was price. I'm assuming the IT director is getting some major volume discounts or even some kickbacks from MS: NYPD have started giving academy recruits Microsoft Surfaces to replace books. Spending somewhere in the neighborhood of +$1M ($300 per phone and a support contract) for smartphones should have been something decided by a committee, not a single director.