On the one hand, Windows Phone 8.x/10 devices have had a shelf life just shorter than that of a banana. On the other hand, Windows Mobile 6.5-based devices are

On the one hand, Windows Phone 8.x/10 devices have had a shelf life just shorter than that of a banana. On the other hand, Windows Mobile 6.5-based devices are __STILL__ sold by the likes of Datalogic for warehouse and embedded/in the field setups. They aren't cheap either, on the order of >800 dollars per device. Just a rather ironic scenario, that the Pocket PC family seems to have way more staying power than the non CE-based WP architectures.