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A big part of the reason Windows Phone failed was a lack of a good app ecosystem. Maybe they’re working their way toward a new Windows Phone that is compatible
by wtetzner 5y ago
A big part of the reason Windows Phone failed was a lack of a good app ecosystem. Maybe they’re working their way toward a new Windows Phone that is compatible with Android apps?
- toast0 5y agoMicrosoft had an Android compat suite and an iOS compat suite in some of the Windows Mobile 10 betas. They decided not to ship either one, although I don't think I ever saw an official reason. The app ecosystem was a small part of the failure of Windows Mobile, IMHO. A larger issue was that they abandoned the low end in WM10, and that's where they were doing well in WP7 and 8. That each major version of the OS also had a new app framework was a lot of work for app developers, too. And blocking 3rd party browsers (mostly) and then making WM10 use Edge which was somehow worse than Mobile IE, when a browser is key on a platform without a lot of native apps didn't help.
- anoncake 5y agoGood luck passing "Safety"Net with a Windows Phone.