Windows 10 Mobile will not receive new features anymore. No new hardware either. - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE=Rahu X;52765590]The only chance MS would have to have some sort of foothold in the mobile OS scene is if they basically just put full Windows 10 on a phone with a mobile friendly interface while in mobile. And by full Windows 10, I mean actual Windows 10. None of these RT or ARM builds, but full on x86 based Windows 10 that can run win32 apps. Continuum was a step in the right direction, but it didn't really do enough for most to bridge the gap between Windows 10 Mobile and full on Windows 10. Even then though, the most I could see this appealing to are enterprises and power users (which is better than almost nothing I guess). The main problem with Windows Mobile during all these years was that it was late to the party and closed off to boot. If it was as open to mess with as a standard Windows install from the get go, it probably would've gained a decent amount of traction and we might have been in a sort of 3-way race. The only problem I could see with taking this approach from the onset would be things like malware, but people were making malware for iOS and Android anyway.[/QUOTE] ARM builds would be okay if they better bridged the development between Win10 and mobile. Kind of like how I've been told MacOS -> iOS development is. They could add an emulation layer for win32 but that'd be kind of garbage. Intel was basically beaten into the ground by ARM a few years ago when it comes to mobile so x86 is not really going to happen. Also goddamn it made me sad when my Nokia died of a hardware defect, I only got to use WP for a few months. I don't really play games so the only problem I'd really have is that so many of my friends still use that piece of shit snapchat.

Strongly adviced a friend against getting a windows phone recently, glad that I did.

[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;52769233] Look at $SNAP stock and you'll see they are headed towards bankrupcy[/QUOTE] See sometimes the invisible hand does touch you in the right places.

I don't want to turn this into a snapchat discussion, as it's a winmobile thread But how is snapchat doing so badly? It seems to have a decent market, and is a really popular platform among many of my friends. Is it just lack of income? A competitor I'm unaware of?

[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;52769233] Look at $SNAP stock and you'll see they are headed towards bankrupcy[/QUOTE] That doesn't matter. Enough people still want it, and enough people still hear Windows Phone doesn't have it, and thus don't buy it. Stocks don't decide userbase.

[QUOTE=LegndNikko;52769468]That doesn't matter. Enough people still want it, and enough people still hear Windows Phone doesn't have it, and thus don't buy it. Stocks don't decide userbase.[/QUOTE] I mean, if they knew this was going to be the case they could've pivoted early enough to make it a real Blackberry killer Business phone. God knows all of us mostly use Microsoft Office products in daily office use; they could've worked out arrangements with similar "you need this or you can't survive" software publishers across multiple industries and gotten massive contracts for locked-down, business-only workphones and run from there. Pair it with solid hardware and you had pretty solid phones that were stylish, worked well with all your office productivity tools and was sufficiently controlled enough on a user policy and security level. I feel like their aimlessness around the time Android was picking up speed is what really killed them; everything else that came after were just death throes to try and stay relevant.

[QUOTE=Sam Za Nemesis;52769233]Look at $SNAP stock and you'll see they are headed towards bankrupcy[/QUOTE] They have $2.8 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, and have access to a $1.2b revolving credit facility. They're fine for now. Whether they can actually start generating profit in the next few years remains to be seen though.

I love my lumia 950, it is a great phone. I have used both apple and android phones before but the W10 ui is so much more sleek and consistent. Sadly the glass (display is fine) has cracked on my phone because I never bought a case for it. I've been looking to buy a new 950 but they are all sold out. I read somewhere that there was going to be some kind of reboot in 2018 with new phones running pretty much the same OS as desktop users, but I am unsure whether there is any truth to that. [editline]12th October 2017[/editline] [url]https://m.windowscentral.com/microsofts-plan-windows-10-mobile-and-existing-phones[/url]

irony is that this 'sudden' death announcement totally burned down some of partners like HP [URL]https://mspoweruser.com/hp-exec-admits-microsoft-borked-hp-elite-x3-plans/[/URL] (seems like they had 2 branches of new phones and also tablets prepared for fall or next year) this was by far best/largest OEM partner they had in past years and some smallers who making Windows 10 mobile phones this year [URL]http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-mobile-dead-these-two-new-phones-suggest-its-not-quite-curtains/[/URL] Trekstor Windowsphone 5.0 (if the price was lower it was ok) [URL]https://www.windowslatest.com/2017/09/02/trekstor-winphone-5-0-good-looking-premium-windows-10-smartphone-unveiled/[/URL] [URL]https://www.windowscentral.com/trekstor-winphone-5-pops-german-microsoft-store[/URL] willeyfox [URL]https://twitter.com/benwood/status/903292937852919812[/URL] [URL]http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2017/03/16/wileyfox-enter-b2b-market-later-year-new-smartphone/[/URL] Alcatel Idol 4S (yes it has exact Android couterpart too) Acer Liquid Jade Primo ... and also it seems Microsoft totally messed up theirs Nokia / own phones brand by not releasing stuff [URL]https://www.windowscentral.com/microsofts-canceled-all-screen-lumia-handset[/URL] and also Lumia tablet etc. [URL]http://www.windowsphonearea.com/canceled-nokia-lumia-2020-tablet-gets-reviewed/[/URL] it's almost irony cause at good price, those will be popular (as good enough) after this reapeated mess for both app devs and hardware makers and users how is Microsoft going to win anything on smaller devices even with the unified Windows Core Next ... i never understood the lack of Windows support for the low-power x86-64 devices (there were plenty of chips capable to do so fine but the licence cost and license limits vs Android were joke) but hey what to expect from MS company which makes like dozen(s) USD in license fee from every Android device i liked the Windows 10 (mobile) as it was nearly what i expected from CShell (unified platform) simple yet working sure it's not as good as something based on Linux, if done properly but we know how webOS, firefox OS ended and Tizen with Sailfish are totally diminished (even while some backed by big companies like Samsung) [editline]12th October 2017[/editline] seems like the heat has some response but will it have any better future for Windows Core ? [url]https://www.windowscentral.com/abandoning-window-phone-users-was-microsoft-ceos-satya-nadellas-biggest-mistake[/url]

Shame. The UI is by far my favourite

fuck man all they needed was snapchat and id have been sold. fuckin owner of sc is a bitch, intentionally keeps the android version inferior too (gotten better but i still run into a lot of hitches) hope that new windows surface phone rumor is true, id just run it on bluestackd

If they continue with "small devices" running an actual copy of Windows 10 then presumably that would leave them open to having alternative OSes installed as well, that'll be neat.