++ the future of Microsoft Lumia mobile phones ++

Those places took WP devices because they sported the brand, Nokia. Nokia Co. is a brand that originates in Finland and Nokia has a reputation of making good phones up till now. By the way, they used to be in the TP business (toilet paper).

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Anyways, back to phones. I think the problem too was that there is possibly this "view USA as the world" kind of thing. Microsoft should have pushed harder and should have waited until the launch of Windows 11 before putting Android on the Duo. It should have had Andromeda OS instead.

++ many things do work well, even apps that are no longer available for download (e.g. some news apps Wall Street Journal; Fox News, NBC or Translator) & Windows deserves a mobile arm (Windows 11 officially will not be available for this small inch size, but maybe one day for that Duo foldable device ++ besides there was some type of peace agreement in the past between Microsoft & Google & probably this is a reason why Microsoft retreated from the mobile phone segment & in the general stock market ride the company has surpassed the 2 trillion $ valuation, but the #1 spot just (or yet) was a little bit too far (the current leadership can come short to the #1 spot & maybe a quietly growing Windows (10/11) mobile could have helped with that ++ now they can run Android apps & the Android platform is great, but the market is better for the users with more platforms, options & competition.

++ sometimes there are some positive news on the Windows phone user front: the users can still develop their vocabulary with apps as T-TRANSLATOR & GTRANSLATE & DUOLINGO is active again with new content & there is the WORDWEB DICTIONARY app too

++ Gameloft games are mostly discontinued; the Dragon ML is the only one updated recently (in September), but PADDINGTON RUN & ICE AGE ADVENTURE are working too ++ there are still many WEATHER apps available: YANDEX WEATHER; WEATHER VIEW or STRAWBERRY WEATHER & GPS tracker apps & map apps can be explored too.

Microsoft should read these posts and do something about it... We want a running Windows phone again..

93tid has a point. Before anyone says, "Microsoft should fork Android and make an Android based Microsoft OS for phones," a couple of things should be clear.

1. While a lot of us (including me) are down for this, how many of us make up this number? A couple hundred to maybe a couple thousand folks. But what about the millions out there that want something that can be used there and then? They have it. iOS and Android are satisfying their needs. It's a small group vs a much larger one in which many people are not really into operating systems as much as us. They just want phones to do what they want them to do.
2. Is the investment worth it? Money needs to be spent for this and with all that is happening now, people are trying to save. I hear of Project Latte which intends to bring Android apps to the Microsoft Store. But how lucrative will that be? Money has to be invested to repackage apps without Google Play Services. But how much of the masses (excluding us) will go for that? How many devs will be on board with that? Apps were made for small screens, who will pay to repackage them for larger screens? Again people are trying to save and will only invest in places where they will receive profits. Money talks.

There is more but the post will be too long. I am not telling anyone to stop using Windows phones or stop liking the product. We can all give our suggestions. We can even hope. But if the numbers and financial records and stats and trends show otherwise, Microsoft and other developers won't make plans to bring out what we would like where Windows phones and a Microsoft smartphone OS are concerned.