Yes! So yes. But also no. When Microsoft released Windows Phone 7, it really got people excited. It was a shot across Skeuomorph UI's bow. Big fonts, dark mode

Yes! So yes. But also no. When Microsoft released Windows Phone 7, it really got people excited. It was a shot across Skeuomorph UI's bow. Big fonts, dark mode by default, flat and chromeless to an almost fault. It was a serious departure from the Windows Mobile days. People were (more) comfortable with it not being backward compatible. Plus WM had turned into a mess of scaling problems, 3rd party skins, over the top launchers, and apps that weren't necessary cross device compatible. But then they did it again, Windows Phone 8 was not coming to any Windows Phone 7 devices. Even though MS originally said it would. Instead, all the WP7 phones got some 7.x feature update. Everyone showing off their shining new Nokias were burned during the honeymoon and that cooled interest. Especially when compared to Apple's sterling record. And then, they did it again, sorta. Many of the Windows phone 8 devices were not going to get updates to Windows 10 Mobile. Worse yet, Microsoft walked the striking UI way back. Except for the launcher, things starter looking rather conventional. There was no coming back from that. 41MP and real OIS, Zeiss optics and xenon flash. Things that were basically unheard of until 2019 (rip xenon) were not going recollect all that lost good will.