Why Windows Phone Was a $7 Billion Failure

I had a windows phone when I was a kid and that shit sucked lol, everyone in my school used Snapchat and my windows phone couldn’t download it so I hated life lol

I owned a Nokia Lumia. Even today, it was the most fluid mobile experience I've had. The lack of apps is really what killed it.

As a former Nokia Lumia user the system was pretty good. But there was NOTHING on the app store compared to the other systems. That is what convinced me to switch to an Android phone.

I had several Windows Phones and I loved them. The only problem I had with the OS was the lack of apps. Its customisability was top-tier but yeah, lack of official apps and support from Microsoft themselves is what fucked everything up. Funny thing: My husband: My wife would like to get a Windows Phone. The salesman: ...why?

The biggest tragedy here is that Microsoft not only failed themselves, but also took down Nokia with them.

One of the reasons not mentioned is that MS kept rebuilding the OS from scratch and making past versions incompatible. As a developer you would have to rewrite your app multiple times to support the newest OS. For the market share it just wasn't worth it. Another huge issue was the license fees to 3rd party hardware makers. Google was giving Android away for free. MS thought their existing Windows licensing model would be a good fit. Which immediately ruled out low margin phones.

The app gap was real. There would always be that one app that you'd miss out on. I loved my windows phone but unfortunately I eventually gave up before the release of Windows Mobile 10. I'm happy that I did because based on all accounts Microsoft had also given up at that point.

I’ve always been an Apple fangirl, but to this day, the most lovable, pleasant to use phone I’ve had had was my Nokia Lumia running Windows Phone. Broke my heart when they cancelled the project

Windows could have a monopoly on the mobile OS if they copied Google's model of free personal document tools. Having basic versions of Microsoft Office available across all platforms with some free cloud storage would be very nice for consumers. It would familiarise them with the software so that commercial businesses would only want to use Microsoft products, which they pretty much to have a monopoly on anyway.

As someone who worked on Windows Phone literally to its dying breath, this both pains me, but also instills a bit of pride that people still love it.

I have used Android, iOS and Windows smartphones. For me personally, Windows phone OS was the most beautiful, simplest and friendliest operating system. Too shame that Microsoft did a masterpiece like this, although didn't had a good strategy to stay on course.

I remember playing around with the early Microsoft windows phones during the early 2010s. They were well designed with the potential to become successful. Basically, Windows was too late to enter the smartphone market and unable to attract mobile operating system app designers who predominantly went to Apple and Google Android .

Windows phone had a great UI. The problem was OEM's didn't want to put it on their devices because Microsoft was asking for a licensing fee (about 40 bucks per device). Android on the other hand was free, with Google realising they would make their money on services and advertising. That was the original sin for Windows phone. Lack of sales meant developers didn't build apps.

I remember getting the Lumia 640 and feeling like I was in a sci-fi movie. The phone was ridiculously smooth, the camera was alright for the time, the screen was gorgeous, and the ui was unparalleled. I honestly wish they would bring this back with proper app support.

Thank you for sharing your thoughtful content…for putting it out there with the passion that many of us need and strive for. I'm starting to listen to you almost every morning. Your voice and words are calming, clarifying, uplifting and motivating. It feels real and genuine. I am grateful to have your channel as a source for having a better relationship with myself and the world around me?

I remember how my grandma used to have a Windows phone. I was supposed to help her figure it out and I was struggling myself with it. Even now the memory of that phone feels like a fever dream lol

Still miss my HTC 8x, it was so nice to use and honestly the design stands up today. The lack of apps and the stupid Bing button absolutely ruined it... 😭 Awesome deep dive.

I actually found you back in those days when you were dual booting and creating launchers for Android. Good times. You're an awesome content creator, I'm happy to have stuck around all this time 🙂.

Google killed the Windows phone, not Microsoft. They notoriously refused to develop their must-have apps for the platform, fearful of a 3rd smart phone operating system competitor. Many other notable companies also never developed for the Windows phone. As a young tech enthusiast in middle/ high school I didn't fully realize this, so I really wanted a Windows phone at the time given how much the OS stood out from the crowd. To this day, it still looks beautiful. The design was incredibly ahead of its time. An absolute shame they aren't around today as more competition in the space would have been appreciated.

I had a Nokia Lumia 620, it was different from what everyone had and I loved it. I switched to Android as WhatsApp dropped its app from windows app store. But Lumia was way ahead of its time.