Is this kill?
>>62183374
yup, massive failure
used to make shit for them, sine wp7
I actually don't have the count of how many wps I've had anymore. Still got two 10s, and they are in the drawer and have been for a couple of years now
Is growing on the third world.
>>62183374
DOA
>>62183374
For someone who has never used it, can someone tell me why it failed?
>>62183374
I wonder who actually uses it
>>62184383
No apps and almost nonexistent promotion from Microsoft.
>>62184383
no apps
>>62184383
Because microsoft abandoned the previous two iterations very fast, app developers and the userbase felt themselves screwed. Devs just stopped caring, apps werent made or already existing ones got retired. No apps=noone wants it.
>>62184383
MS said they would make android apps portable as copy paste with WP10.
They ditched that and got fucked
>>62184408
I use it i bought a 640 at launch bc it was promoted as a upcoming win10device. I say it would have been awesome choice, if apps were actually available. But ms didnt put enough weight bwhind it so it went ro shit. The ositsself is very good btw
>>62184383
>can someone tell me why it failed?
Nadella happened
>>62184488
Bill Gates also exposed as he still be a decision maker within ms.
>>62183374
It rocks. Fucking best smartphone line. If you can solely rely on edge, outlook and excel there you fucking go. Nothing will compete.
doesn't microsoft need a mobile platform? whats their longterm plan?
>>62185310
It's not really dead they're pretty much just forcing people to forget that it happened (aka no updates for win8 phoners) before the next surface launch
>>62185310
uwp
>>62185347
win10 mobile != win8 mobile
>>62185374
and win10mfags aren't getting updates either
ur point babe?
>>62185404
win10m is not win8m
>>62185357
>uwp
are there any usage metrics for uwp on desktop? i havent seen anyone using uwp apps
win8.1 mobile is a lot better than the abomination the win10 mobile is
My Lumia 620 is an awesome device otherwise.
>>62183374
>>62183748
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/hp-elite-x3-bundle-unlocked/8wr4klx6m5gt
Unfortunately yes. I actually really liked the tile look the Windows phone had going for it. And the Lumia line of phones were some of the most well made I've used.
Shame really.
>>62183374
640 user here. Edge shits itself all the fucking time. It crashed pretty often. Does anyone else have this problem?
WP8.1 was the GOAT UI. After the Win10 mobile launch shit the bed and MS renigged on their promise to support Android apps it effectively died. Damn shame too, I wanted to stick with it.
>>62185584
I miss my 620. The thing inexplicably bricked on me after 2 years of use. It's sitting lifeless in a drawer right now.
>>62185101
>If you can solely rely on edge
Stillborn.
>>62185676
Even attempting to support android apps was the completely wrong move. Blackberry pulled the same shit. It's awful.
>>62185889
What did they have to lose by trying? Windows phone store as it was had shit app support. Even the really popular ones like Insta ran like shit and were rarely updated.
>>62185959
google store is shit in itself. they should have gone with appstore.
>>62185959
>What did they have to lose by trying?
An entire platform as is demonstrated by reality. Focusing on android app instead of pushing for UWP faster killed it.
>>62184383
Microsoft fucked people over with it twice, and then actually fucked them over with this one, too, and decided to just make Android and iOS apps and call it a day.
>>62183374
More or less, yeah. I still use a Windows Phone, but I doubt I'd buy another mobile device from MS.
>>62185675
My 640 worked really well for 2 years but lately it's been letting me down.
It reboots at least once a day by itself. Do you have this problem?
About Edge: yeah it's been acting weird too. Sometimes it reloads the page several times on a row (happens a lot with heavy pages), or just keeps reloading so I can't even use the website.
Other than that, all is well.
I like the build quality. Everyone I know with an Android has a cracked screen and a new phone every 3 months because they start falling apart after a few weeks.
My coworker's OP3 died last week from being in his pocket during a sudden rainstorm, kek.
>>62186269
I sort of want to get a new phone, but I'm honestly worried about Android phones, since I really hate Google (/pol/ack) and the build quality is just incredibly shit, even in the most expensive models.
And iPhones are €1000+ so... nah.
Which phone could I buy that would be similar to the 640 without evil Google and that doesn't bankrupt me?
>>62186300
950 or 950XL if you like big ones. Quick production has been discountinued.
>>62186269
>Sometimes it reloads the page several times on a row (happens a lot with heavy pages), or just keeps reloading so I can't even use the website.
I hate this so much. I have problems even here in 4chan. It's awful.
>I like the build quality
Lumia phones are amazing. They are way beyond your regular android shitphone.
>>62186300
Picking up something like a nokia 6 with community support, building your own "os" (not really), and using microG.
>>62186436
What do you mean with 'building my own OS'?
>>62184481
640 is Win8.1 and superior to the Win10 650
>>62187328
Ok what i meant was it was obviou it will get the 10update. Im contentwith wm10, edge is fine as well. Only lack of apps is killing it
>>62187742
>edge is fine
It's not. It's a piece of shit
>>62187768
It's god tier mobile browser
>>62187213
building your own lineage os rom
it really isn't that difficult if you're willing to learn
>>62187768
Slow as hell but hey, at least it looks pretty
I guess...
No apps = no chance. Look at linux
>>62184383
MS already makes more money from royalties from Android and iOS phones that they didn't need to bother
>>62188464
It used to be so good, I'll give you that. Over time somehow it's gotten worse for no good reason.
Same with on the desktop really.
>>62185490
I use a few
>Kodi
>Cover
>Xodo PDF reader
Uh...
>>62188586
newsflow, to-do, and onenote are all really great uwp apps if you're looking for recs
>>62188576
If you consider dropping your wp reconsider it as porn device. get moli player for webms. Cortana is really good bitch 2bh
>>62188629
I mean I already use the full version of Onenote on my Surface, but that's now a UWP app
I'll check out the others
I just wish there were a version of Clover for Windows, instead of having to run it through some Android emulator abomination
>>62186300
Only maxed iPhone 7+ are 1000€
>>62188661
Maybe someday someone will work on porting something like clover or dashchan to uwp (or even just starting from pure scratch). Tried one on the store the other day, but man it looked and function as if it was built for win8 with really shitty navigation choices.
>>62183374
Microsoft killed it.
>>62184383
too little, too late desu
no modern phones, all the available ones have shit specs
no hardware partners that even consider making new phones with windows mobile
basically no app ecosystem and M$ isn't doing anything to attract developers (which isn't hard since they bought xamarin, just make uwp code compile to android and ios)
every OS update seems to cause more and more problems
and of course M$ just doesn't care
the UI is pretty fun though
if they literally gave even a little bit of a shit a lot of people would consider it over android
they could easily get ~10% marketshare
>>62184383
WP 8 was alright, then without updates, it kept crashing, unironically it was Windows
>>62185675
>Does anyone else have this problem?
Yes. Like I said on the earlier post, it was all pretty cool until about 2014, just started crashing, not just IE or Edge but everything for no damn reason.
>inb4 never used WP
I had
Lumia 520
Lumia 620
Lumia 635
Lumia 640
Lumia 928
>>62189192
>they could easily get ~10% marketshare
IIRC they reached that marketshare in Europe. Such a fucking shame that Microsoft gave up before even trying.
>>62189355
I hardly consider it trying when they still haven't released a surface phone.
>>62184437
Even 'almost nonexistent' is a bit of a stretch. I remember I actually wanted one for a while, having an unrestricted desktop OS on mobile would be pretty cool. So I waited and kept checking for updates, didnt see anything, kept waiting and checking, until it died.