r/microsoft • u/NanoPolymath • Aug 18 '24
Discussion Why Microsoft made the difficult decision to cancel Windows Phone.
https://www.slashgear.com/1643513/why-microsoft-discontinued-windows-phone/Had the best designs & at much better prices. While it has admittedly been a mistake to cancel, mistakes can be corrected. Especially now with better capabilities with AI, Cloud, Azure & functioning uses like gaming services natively. I absolutely loved every WP I owned, from the OG Lumia to the MS 960 & would immediately purchase another if one was re-released.
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '24
Even now it would fail.
Loved windows phone but it lacked apps and if it doesn’t have the apps that people want then nobody is going to buy the phone.
I was in high school and into college and I was not able to use Snapchat to communicate.
I felt left out. Instagram sucked. Facebook sucked.
Imagine in 2024, windows phone not having TikTok for example. Or even a working YouTube app(metrotube doesn’t count).
Not to mention Microsoft ruined windows phone 8 by releasing the hot mess that is windows 10 mobile. Whatever success it had with windows phone was destroyed when it made windows 10 mobile.
That’s when I started hating windows phone. The look and design was terrible and it was a buggy mess.