Why Windows Phone died

Remember the Windows Phone? #surfshark #windowsphone #windowsmobile

[deadskull]

I owned 2 windows phone and I loved it. Honestly, if they open source the marketplace, I believe it would be better.

[Patrikch]

My dad was working at Microsoft during the Longhorn/Vista development. And he thinks that Windows phone died because of Microsoft was charging core with every new versions and developers just didn't wanted to rewrite the apps every time.

[aksshaysharma]

It was only lack of apps that killed windows, even now also many great apps are not on windows. If they are able to conquer this issue, Win can easily get ahead of Android in no time.

[SASA_maxillo]

People: "this phone is bad"
Me: "ISN'T THAT TREVOR'S 😂

[WhereverJasperGoes]

I still have a brand new nearly unused Lumia 980 lying in its box. Nearly unused cause it had no apps.

[muhnahri]

we need windows phone to be back. Smartphones world is so boring AF with android and IOS only

[brostein]

It's a great UI for old people, but not for someone used to a desktop or traditional mobile OS. It was modeled just like windows 8.1 apps that everyone hated

[MrIssa]

Imagine if it still existed, ppl would be running PC games on phones.

[finsisto]

I had an lg windows phone 7, the marketplace no longer works, but thankfully i jailbreaked it and now i can play the nostalgia games that i've saved
on my old 2010 laptop

[johnsamuel]

I used to own a windows phone, it came up with a lot of physical customisation options and the OS's interaction, navigation and the general feel was so good but the lack of a play store was a deal breaker. Had to switch to Android later for the same reason.

[Arkid]

I remember that one Windows Phone ad bragging about having hundreds of apps

[timobruckmann]

Had one and loved it. I want it back so badly. 😭😭😭

[somecuntxxx]

I had a Nokia Lumia 520. Generally, when somebody had a Windows phone the performance and software support was lackluster. The UI was very good, but since it was based on Windows NT of the time, it felt more disconnected from the outside world than your Android phone for your iphone, because Windows wasn't exactly programmed to have constant background checks and weather service plugins on your home screen. The Windows phone definitely had more potential than was realized, but it was executed poorly.

[moazmughal]

this dude is the definition of nostalgia

[Darkstarrgamer]

I had one and I absolutely loved it. I dud definitely notice the lack of apps but at the time, I overlooked it. Loved the layout, look, feel etc. Definitely one of my favorite devices

[rinlendog]

I think Microsoft should bring it back as a Surface Phone, and integrate Bing AI into the assistant,
but change the UI to sort of adapt for mobile.

[WaffleIsLost]

A Windows Phone would be very cool to have

[savagesarethebest]

My counselor actually asked me to help her with her phone and that was the first time I ever even had seen a windows phone, I helped her as well as I could but there was a few apps that I could not find. I Googled on my tablet (which also was my phone at the time) and found out that it doesn't exist on the windows phone. 🙄

[Tidial]

thought u said techno dad since i was far away 💀

[ivancabrera]

It was a good idea with no support from third parties I really loved the os it was a very innovative one