Its fans just don’t want to let go.
I’m more sad about the Palm Pre failing. A microsoft OS being good long term never has been in the cards, it’s just a coincidence the platform died before enshittification…
Windows phone was great, what killed it was Microsoft’s clueless management.
yeah i was hype about it until MS basically big timed everyone and was like “everyone will switch when they see how good the OS is, and then people will HAVE to make apps for it”
all while charging a fee
Requiring everyone on WP7 to buy a new phone for WP8 didnt help their case
great operating system, terrible roll out, horrible delusional pricing schedule
I used all three back in 2012 for a job.
Windows phone had the worst phone hardware, but windows 8 phone OS was a decade ahead of Android and iOS.
I have a working Nokia Lumia 1520 for sale. Games loaded and everything. Message me.
My Lumia 950XL remains my favourite phone I’ve ever owned. Live Tiles were amazing. I just unlocked my phone and had a dashboard constantly providing new information as opposed to a little dot in the corner of an icon indicating activity.
If not for the app gap and discontinuation of the OS, I’d still be happily using it.
I still miss WP daily. It was a fantastic OS. Way ahead of its time, too.
I had no idea about 8marketplace. Thanks for sharing! Last time I booted up a Lumia, basically everything was inaccessible because of the dead store. I was a big fan of windows phone back in the day. I would love to go back to WP7 or 8 as a main phone if possible.
Doubt. Lol
The ui was actuslly kinda nice
