What Happened to Windows Phone?

What Happened to Windows Phone? Why did Windows Phone fail? Was Windows Phone good? What happened to Windows CE? Is Windows Phone coming back? What was Windows Phone OS called? Windows Phone vs iOS vs Android? Why did Microsoft buy Nokia? What's the worst ever smartphone? What was the best Windows Phone? What is Windows Phone?

We discuss the rise and fall of Microsoft's flagship smartphone operating system: Windows Phone. Here's How It Happened.

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[horizonmusiic]

I really loved the design of Windows Phone and the OS looked way more modern than its competitors at the time. Sadly, the fact that Windows Store had so few apps made the phone useless.

[konkusdonkus]

My first phone was a Windows Phone and I loved it. To this day, I remember it very fondly, apart from the complete lack of apps for it. If it had even close to the apps that Apple and Android have, I'd probably still have one

[robertmbavai]

In my opinion, the problem was with access to apps. Perhaps the company should have made provision for exchange of apps with other phones since the Lumia store had limited apps. Young people at the time would appreciate phones that received apps and games from other phones. In fact most did not learn to download apps and games from the Lumia store probably because they were not exposed to 'internet' or were not even aware of the facility. A lot of young people complained about access to apps but the company just ignored and made no effort to improve user experience with unlimited apps.
However, I believe the company will succeed if they decide to come back. This is because, people are now highly exposed to the internet and they know they can download their desired apps and games from the Lumia Store. This generation of young people with better knowledge of utilizing phones and their facilities, will definitely appreciate Lumia phones if they are made available.

[mrporcupine]

I had a Lumia as my first smart phone back in 2014, worst piece of tech I've ever owned. The thing was slow, buggy, battery life was abysmal and personalization features were minimal. F*cling hated that thing, glad it died

[pcgrimreaper]

Hi your forgetting the fact that the Nokia specific windows phones were buggy as all hell during the upgrade to windows 8 phone os lumias crashed and had alot of issues that just weren't the case with iOS and android

[jetman]

Windows phone was quite alright, now we're stuck with IOS and Android, we need a new player for this game.

[ww]

Apps. Apps were everything. That’s why I finally switched to iPhone. I can’t remember what app I wanted that I couldn’t get but that was the final straw. Looking back, I really liked the Windows Phone UI.

[andrewpreston]

I had a couple of Lumias, they were brilliant. Great cameras, and snappy performance. I still miss them. I've owned iPhones for the last 4 years. No choice really, as I dislike the Google/Android business model. In my opinion, the whole iPhone user interface is an aged design. If Apple and Android didn't have such a stranglehold on the market, it would be they who were swept away, rather than Windows Phone. Something else, though, will come along, I'm sure, that forces people to suddenly look around and see iPhones and Androids for what they are. Anachonisms.

[loeweal]

I loved my Windows Phone because it was easy adjustable for example I sometimes had a black screen at the front and the second page was a list of all the apps.
I think the main problem was that Microsoft entered the smartphone business not too late because those phones were actually quite good and had changable batteries and good cameras.
Plus for a person who doesn´t need much their phone was perfect because of the icons and the easy way to manage it.
The small store was a problem because many apps that came up couldn´t be found in there.

[nicholashunt]

I'm glad you guys took your time. The thumbnail is a massive improvement. Nice work! You guys clearly took the criticism well. 👍

You should definitely talk about the Microsoft Zune or the Microsoft Band next. Those things were complete misses... 🤔

[nicholashunt]

At last! It's finally here! Praise be! 🙏

Also, somebody shared your video to the Windows Phone subreddit. 😀

[io_inc]

The thing is people hate Microsoft... When people become fanboys to companies, that's when innovation starts to die. Microsoft had no chance. I love Microsoft products and windows phone great and well optimised

[macelius]

I used an HTC One M8 for Windows, unlocked, till windows 10. There was a golden era where everything worked great including all the most popular apps you really needed, all that was missing was app support from all the various device makers (wifi cameras, thermostats, and other IOT devices, home automation, drones, toys, etc), that was till they started dropping perfectly working apps which were actually useful (like banking and social) and doing other updates to basically break various features. You could still use webpages or alternate apps for most stuff, but it was like self-sabotage.

It's still hard to believe MS couldn't (or chose not to ) hold on to a chunk of the market when they had the first real smartphone/OS back since Windows CE on HTC TyTN (Hermes and WIzards) and such (they were working with HTC long before Apple too). I remember having what was essentially a mini laptop built in to a phone in my pocket and streaming music with it in my car back when everyone was first buying Razrs, and when the Iphone came out it seemed like a toy in comparison (how many years did it take them to make it able to copy-and-paste?).

[BK_gamer_]

I still use my Lumia 640 LTE. I'm not a heavy app user. All I need is a smartphone with email, text, a podcast client and a music player. I plan to use it until 4G is completely phased out.

[ragnar]

I worked in Telecoms back when windows phones where mainstream, God I fecking hated dealing with them, And currently Nokias Android options are absolutely atrocious.

[BargSlarg]

“I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail nonetheless.”

[chathamabs]

I miss WP a lot but now I find Microsoft frustrating as a company. Speaking from a consumer point of view the frustration of Windows 10/11 not being able to install or update on a PC was a familiar disappointment following from Windows phone. We never had high end equipment. I know Windows mobile was its own department but there was a universal platform. Even for family school work we cut our losses and went Android & Chromebook and learn to put up with the shortcomings but at least seems to me to be 'alive' with updates. Maybe a catastrophe ahead when Android or iOS goes but we go with what we got. I'm not clever enough at tech, just a consumer but I have seen on YouTube those that worked on Windows mobile and you can appreciate all they did to make it work. Thank you for this upload.

[elitiller]

I advocated for the windows phone at retail stores. People just couldn't seem to justify it due to what was considered popular. Smartphones were new and SS along with android seemed the end all. Trend bias made sure of that. I stuck with Windows phones for reasons of practicality and ease of use, for the fact that it had a certain way about it. A tidy suitcase, vs clothing stuffed in garbage bags. I kind of knew at the time that if windows mobile couldn't gain enough altitude soon, it would cease to be.
What people are saying now though...
You don't know what you've lost until you're forcibly stuck with something else.

[cwp]

Loved windows phone but most phones were not updated. The design got stale really fast

[keroutkerout]

In the next video, I’d love to see a windows phone comeback