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Just guessing, but maybe they saw what has happened to Windows Phone market shares. Sure there are people who absolutely love their Windows Phones to bits, but
by 746F7475 11y ago
Just guessing, but maybe they saw what has happened to Windows Phone market shares. Sure there are people who absolutely love their Windows Phones to bits, but it's not really gaining momentum to be a serious threat to Android or iOS, which means less and less developers are willing to put in the effort to create apps for their platform.
Now think of Firefox OS, it's even younger and even less mature than Windows Phone with no real benefit for your average users. I doubt I could sell a Firefox OS to a normal user on the street
- digi_owl 11y agoI think the one thing holding Windows Phone back is that Google has not gone arm twisting about updates etc. If they did i suspect quite a number of OEMs have contingency plans in place for releasing Windows devices.
- 746F7475 11y agoDo you feel like Google should take stronger stance for phone manufacturers to update their own software? I don't think it can be blamed on Google if phone manufacturers don't update their devices fast enough and if Google would take stronger stance in OS updates and manufacturers would jump ship wouldn't Microsoft face same issues? Or did I miss completely what you meant?
- pjmlp 11y agoThere is a big difference between being slow to update and not updating at all. In Android world, just like in the old days of Symbian, Series OS and other OSes, updating means getting a new phone. You aren't even safe with Nexus if the manufacturer jumps out (TI).
- 746F7475 11y agoAren't Nexus devices getting their updates from Google? I haven't really paid attention since I was using stuff like CyanogenMod until I switched to iOS
- pjmlp 11y agoTI stoped doing the processors used by some Nexus. Google apparently didn't had any contract in place for forcing TI to keep doing the updates in case of such situation would occur. Neither they thought it was worth to spend some Google resources doing the updates themselves. So they went to third option, letting their Nexus customers that they aren't any special and better buy a new Nexus.
- SunboX 11y agoWindows Phone market share depends on context. In Germany it's very close to iOS market share (and getting closer). No one would say iOS has failed in Germany, so you can't say Windows Phone has failed either.
- 746F7475 11y agoSo are there just bunch of well made German apps that are doing well or why do you think it's not spread to other countries?