[Technology] Microsoft giving up on Windows 10 Mobile

[GOM]

There were a few apps that they were on, and I was missing out on. For example, "Find my iPhone", and we're all logged in, so at any time we can see where each other are. Sounds a bit Big Brother, but actually very practical with the kids. My son would be somewhere in town, you ring, he doesn't answer, you text, he doesn't reply, eventually you get "in the High Street" ...... much easier to find him courtesy of the app, because it would give a live GPS location.

IM, iCloud, it was all working so well for the other 3 sharing stuff, that it made more sense to just go with it.

OK, thanks for explanation. I believe WhatsApp does the location thing now as well.

 

[Gritt23]

OK, thanks for explanation. I believe WhatsApp does the location thing now as well.

It does, but that opens it up to just EVERYONE to know where my kids are. Happier that they have it turned off in WhatsApp, and we can find them if we need to on Find My iPhone.

 

[Hassocks Armchair Fan]

We’ve got 240 windows phones on contract and they’ve been great. We switched to them 2.5 years ago as our first foray into smartphones for our merchandisers. We’ve not had any issues of theft, minimum data abuse and they’ve been extremely reliable and simple as a business tool. Our contract renewal will see an android rollout.

 

[SwedishSonna]

Loved my Windows phone. UI is the best I've ever used. Ditched it cos of the app gap. My work phone is Windows. Wonder how long for...

 

[Another Berkshire Seagull]

Loved my Windows phone. UI is the best I've ever used. Ditched it cos of the app gap. My work phone is Windows. Wonder how long for...

Couldn't agree more. Windows Phone as an OS was years ahead of Android and iOS, just never got the apps.

I've reluctantly downgraded to an Android phone about a month ago, but still wish I could have these apps on that OS.

 

[Saunders]

just never got the apps.

Maybe if they had made the deal with steam that wouldnt have been a problem but they decided to go in direct competition.

 

[Cian]

Had a Lumia 920 as a work phone ~4 years ago now. Damn good hardware, OS was solid but there were absolutely no apps and the low end phones were junk

iPhones got popular initially with absolutely no apps (didn't even support them initially, just links to marginally modified websites) but there was no expectation for them.

Hadn't used Android before it; was still on Symbian until the Nokia Windows Phone 8 phones arrived. Had used iOS and hated it at that stage. Moved on to Android and I've ended up back with "Nokia", the new HMD phones that are actually pretty decent.

 

[GOM]

It does, but that opens it up to just EVERYONE to know where my kids are. Happier that they have it turned off in WhatsApp, and we can find them if we need to on Find My iPhone.

I think that was Snapchat, the WhatsApp one is only shared with the people in the conversation group and is a fairly recent feature.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I'm a little bit surprised it's taken this long.

"The OS accounted for just 0.03% of the global market - based on smartphone shipments - between April and June, according to research company IDC." >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41551546

It fares a little bit better on NSC, with 0.45% of visitors in September using Windows Mobile.

iOS: 43.32%
Windows: 26.56%
Android: 22.44%
Macintosh: 6.20%
Windows Phone: 0.45%

So, Windows Mobile users, who are you?

Me. Not by choice, although sending at the moment by iPhone, when at work I have a Windows phone.

They are truly appalling.


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[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The plugging of Microsoft Edge gets ever more obtrusive / desperate. How long before they ditch that also?

 

[Stat Brother]

***LUDDITE ALERT***

I'm certainly far to embarrassed to start a new thread on this, but I'm in the need of a new budget phone, and there's just too many options.

I've only owned 2 (smarter than me) smart phones, both have been Nokia Lumia's running Windows.
My most recent one 'died' a few months ago and initially I was quite liberated, reading books 'n' stuff, but I'm getting twitchy now.

Earlier I was looking at the preowned phones in Game (ignoring the kids NEED for all manner of shite games) have come home, checked t'internet, and they have this:-

https://www.game.co.uk/en/samsung-galaxy-j1-mini-prime-as-new-condition-unlocked-1853419

I can't work out why it's so cheap, or for that matter if it is actually cheap.