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The Windows phone was loved because it had excellent Nokia hardware. The software was not loved and the app store was lacking.
by hanley 6y ago
The Windows phone was loved because it had excellent Nokia hardware. The software was not loved and the app store was lacking.
- nailer 6y agoI think the software was loved. It was years before Apple and Android did their own 'natively digital' designs which echoed Metro and Zune's design aesthetic.
- thomasz 6y agoOwned one. It was a damn good phone, had a great UI that remains unsurpassed to this day, but it clearly came at least two years too late to gain the critical mass needed for a thriving ecosystem.
- dougmany 6y agoI miss having a copy and paste that worked so well.
- VRay 6y agoI loved the UX on it too, but the crappy locked-down web browser killed it for me.. I don't even use apps, but since I couldn't load Firefox with uBlock on there, and there weren't any single-purpose apps, it was really rough
- m0ngr31 6y agoThe software was absolutely loved. You're right about the app store lacking though. I'd still take WP over Android or iOS.
- kerng 6y agoSoftware was really good though - just not widely used to get enough credit. Sad that we are stuck with Android and iOS basically now.
- ProAm 6y ago> The software was not loved and the app store was lacking. The app store was definitely lacking. In my own circle of real life users I did not meet one person that did not really like the phone (software included). Granted this is just my own experience so very limited but its also a group of non-technical people just sharing with me. I never heard one complaint in fact it was usually more accolades.
- kd913 6y agoThe phone had great software and could run on incredibly low-end hardware like the Nokia 520. I had that phone and it was functional, fast and far better designed than any of the Android equivalent low-ends at the time. Biggest flaw at the time was Google's shady nonsense involving banning Google Maps/Youtube on Windows Phone without a native app.