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Ninja Dom · Jul 11, 2017

Macrumors said:
Today, Microsoft is ending support for Windows Phone 8.1, effectively marking the end of the "Windows Phone" era.

Microsoft released Windows Phone in 2010 and, within three years, it became the world's third most popular mobile operating system. But the platform simply couldn't compete with the likes of Apple and Google and, as of earlier this year, iOS and Android accounted for a combined 99.6% market share.

Microsoft continues to sell a limited number of mostly budget smartphones running its newer Windows 10 Mobile operating system, but the platform has only received minor updates in recent months as the Redmond-based company has shifted its focus towards the "intelligent cloud and intelligent edge."

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/07/11/microsoft-ends-windows-phone-support/

Yazzees · Jul 11, 2017

Makes sense. Never met anyone who used one.

Wait. One dude. Total weirdo too.

Them's the breaks.

Amagon · Jul 11, 2017

Hundreds wept of this news.

johancruijff · Jul 11, 2017

what towel?

kulapik · Jul 11, 2017

Not actually, Windows 10 is still on mobile.

nubbe · Jul 11, 2017

Amagon said:
Hundreds wept of this news.

some number of people

Well, I think it's sad.. was my favorite phone OS... but no apps

Qasiel · Jul 11, 2017

Yazzees said:
Makes sense. Never met anyone who used one.

Wait. One dude. Total weirdo too.

Them's the breaks.

Odd, as this is my experience too. Just one strange dude who had a Windows phone.

Montresor · Jul 11, 2017

Pathetic. What did they even buy Nokia for?

I kept supporting Windows phone for a couple of years. I thought the OS was good but the app support was horrible. Blergh. And I hated touch screen back/home buttons. Kept accidentally hitting them with my thumb/palm.

Jumped to iPhone6s+ after my last crappy Lumia and I've been happy.

f0lken · Jul 11, 2017

Only two years after they unofficially did.

Its a shame that we never saw a successor to the Lumia 1020. My favorite phone ever

Guess Who · Jul 11, 2017

I mean, Windows Phone is absolutely a dead man walking, but this is only about ending support for Windows Phone 8.1. Windows 10 Mobile, which replaced it, still draws breath (for now).

GKSilKamina · Jul 11, 2017

That's a pity. My first smartphone was a Windows phone and I liked it quite a bit.

...but I'm using an Android phone now and like it a lot more.

BocoDragon · Jul 11, 2017

Amagon said:
Hundreds wept of this news.

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jsnepo · Jul 11, 2017

I used to own a Lumia with Windows Phone 8.1. Replaced it with Android and gave the old one to my mother. She likes the phone.

fluffydelusions · Jul 11, 2017

Not me though lol

Dash_Riprock · Jul 11, 2017

My friend who worked at a T-Mobile said it was unofficial store policy to always discourage people from buying one, if only so they wouldn't come back a few days later and bitch about their favorite apps not being available.

Yeah, that bad.

ElBoxyBrown · Jul 11, 2017

I could hardly believe it,
When I heard the news today,
I had to come and get it straight from you

Guevara · Jul 11, 2017

Not really a towel at this point, just threads.

UKUMI0 · Jul 11, 2017

Support for Windows Phone 8.X is ended, Windows 10 Mobile (WP8's Successor) is still supported with Microsoft's official stance atm being they will support the OS until there are no active devices using it.

Dynomutt · Jul 11, 2017

Reported by Macrumors lol kick em while they're down. I had so many windows devices. HTC Wing, HTC Snap, HTC Dash, ans my fav HTC Arrive (Windows OS).

SPDIF · Jul 11, 2017

Windows Phone is/was a fantastic OS. It just came too late.

nubbe · Jul 11, 2017

UKUMI0 said:
Support for Windows Phone 8.X is ended, Windows 10 Mobile (WP8's Successor) is still supported with Microsoft's official stance atm being they will support the OS until there are no active devices using it.

"Microsoft has stopped manufacturing its own Lumia-branded smartphones and, according to The Verge, rumors suggest the company will simply maintain Windows 10 Mobile until support for the platform ends in 2018. "

cyberheater · Jul 11, 2017

I have to configure loads of them as part of my IT job. Corperates love 'em because they are cheap and run outlook.

I don't know anyone who owns one out of choice.

BocoDragon · Jul 11, 2017

SPDIF said:
Windows Phone is/was a fantastic OS. It just came too late.

It always had a nice UI.

Just that app ecosystem....

The Cowboy · Jul 11, 2017

nubbe said:
some number of people

Well, I think it's sad.. was my favorite phone OS... but no apps

Same here, the OS and tile layout was great - shame it just never got the app support 😔.

GK86 · Jul 11, 2017

The users threw in the towel for them a long time ago.

Khaos Kontrol · Jul 11, 2017

Shame. More competition is always good.

ElBoxyBrown · Jul 11, 2017

Khaos Kontrol said:
Shame. More competition is always good.

Android and Apple is more than enough.

Baroquemantic · Jul 11, 2017

Surprised it took this long. They had some nice ideas with this OS, but it just wasn't anything special.

Hari Seldon · Jul 11, 2017

Maybe this is why they couldn't afford raises for the dudes on Hawaii 5-0, that show was 50% MS product placement lol.

Tobor · Jul 11, 2017

Where's that pic of the Microsoft employees "burying" the iPhone?

TheCochese · Jul 11, 2017

I bought a Nokia 640 and realized my mistake about a month later, even as a secondary phone. Now it's my bedside clock.

I-hate-u · Jul 11, 2017

Wonder how Steve Ballmer feels about this now?

BocoDragon · Jul 11, 2017

I knew one friend who sought out a Windows Phone. Got really excited about having something different from the norm.

He got it home, and because he's Korean he went to download KakaoTalk and.... it wasn't there, of course.

"Oh... that's why people don't buy these." He returned it.

GHG · Jul 11, 2017

Khaos Kontrol said:
Shame. More competition is always good.

Competition that drags the standard down is not good.

nubbe · Jul 11, 2017

ElBoxyBrown said:
Android and Apple is more than enough.

Not according to the EU, which is about to go after android

Google's next EU fine could be even bigger for Android violations

Samus4145 · Jul 11, 2017

My Lumia was the best phone I ever owned. If only Google would have released their apps, I would still be using it.

Walshicus · Jul 11, 2017

Yazzees said:
Makes sense. Never met anyone who used one.

Wait. One dude. Total weirdo too.

Them's the breaks.

They're literally everywhere in the UK. Business used a tonne of them.

Shame, loved the series.

LeleSocho · Jul 11, 2017

that's a shame, WP was the perfect mix between iOS and Android.

SPDIF · Jul 11, 2017

In related news, MS are apparently still working on some sort of Surface Phone. It will be running what is essentially full Windows 10 though, not Windows Mobile.

red731 · Jul 11, 2017

Thanks to uncle's tip, my parents have those.

Well, they are never listening to him again and coming right to me.

Pejo · Jul 11, 2017

What a bummer. 8.1 was the Windows Phone OS I had for a year or two and loved. If only MS would have tried harder with the app support. It was a legitimately great OS, and the Nokia phones were solid.

Never tried Win10 mobile, but I'm sure it's decent too. They won't get the apps though, so might as well just kill it now too.

DrkSage · Jul 11, 2017

Montresor said:
Pathetic. What did they even buy Nokia for?

Microsoft is the kind of guy that's wants in on everything, that's why they bought nokia

rrs · Jul 11, 2017

no ads, no throwing money to get stuff on the OS, and being stuck on either phones no carrier had or only on cheap devices was the end of windows mobile. All the same mistakes made with the Zune HD, done again

jmdajr · Jul 11, 2017

R.I.P. my Mom's first smart phone.

Condom · Jul 11, 2017

MS gave up a long time ago which is why I left. Why support a platform that the maker doesn't even believe in? So sad because some WP exclusive apps like MyTube or Readit are awesome.

ClosingADoor · Jul 11, 2017

Still Windows 10 support. Did most phones get an upgrade from 8.1 to 10? My Lumia 930 did at least.

Bit sad they don't make new ones. They were great phones.

Fox Mulder · Jul 11, 2017

I had a Windows phone for a two year contract. Was curious and willing to give it a shot. The hardware was great and the OS was distinctive.

It just never caught on because there's no room for it in an Apple and Samsung dominated world. I gave up on it because of the god awful app situation.

AHA-Lambda · Jul 11, 2017

Qasiel said:
Odd, as this is my experience too. Just one strange dude who had a Windows phone.

Yazzees said:
Makes sense. Never met anyone who used one.

Wait. One dude. Total weirdo too.

Them's the breaks.

Same here again. I've met literally one person who had one, and she was an oddball

Tobor · Jul 11, 2017

Windows 10(Mobile) is as good as dead as well. It's bleeding out.

While Microsoft still supports Windows 10 Mobile, its not clear what that support will include in the future. Microsoft pushed updates to Windows Phone 8 devices, but the software giant barely included any feature updates in the recent Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update. Microsoft is adding a number of features to the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for PCs, but the company has not extended these to the mobile version in testing. Some rumors suggest that Microsoft has forked its Windows Mobile development into a feature2 branch that will simply maintain the operating system until support ends in 2018.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/11/15952654/microsoft-windows-phone-end-of-support

Raigan5088 · Jul 11, 2017

My friend at my work had a windows phone, i like the layout, the tiles looked really nice, he did say tho that there were lots of messaging apps and the like that did not work on MS phones.

Sad but predictable

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