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I bought a few cheap (under $100) Nokia Lumias back when Nokia was Windows Phone's last, best hope, and it always annoyed me how a cheap Lumia with Windows Phon
by cwyers 7y ago
I bought a few cheap (under $100) Nokia Lumias back when Nokia was Windows Phone's last, best hope, and it always annoyed me how a cheap Lumia with Windows Phone was in so many ways nicer to use than a mid-range Android phone -- much more responsive to input, less lag, etc.
- pjmlp 7y agoThanks to everything being AOT compiled using full optimizations with their cloud compiler, including .NET code.
- boznz 7y agoMostly Agree. But Microsoft fucked up both the desktop and mobile trying to make 1 operating system fit all.
- rstuart4133 7y agoMicrosoft's latest revisions of the WinPhone were software engineering wise the best mobile phone OS on the planet. As you say, it was quick, silky smooth and yet ran on low end hardware with excellent battery life. I gather they achieved that buy tightly locking down how software developers could do things. Perhaps is why their app store was so thin which was major factor in their downfall, but still it was a remarkable effort. I take my hat off to that team. It as even more remarkable because if you went back a few short years WinPhone was the worst phone OS on the planet. It crashed regularly, a misbehaving app could drain it's batter in no time, and the UI was horrible. So much for "if you build a better mouse trap them will come" I guess, especially if your reputation is for making crap mousetraps.