++ the future of Microsoft Lumia mobile phones ++

Anonymous
2018-03-04T22:51:37+00:00

++ the manufacturing process of Microsoft Lumia mobile phones is discontinued, but many of them are still in action and competitive. In my opinion, the timing for their launch alongside the first versions of Windows 10 mobile has been a problem (later versions of Windows 10 mobile are more competitive). I compare the path of Microsoft Lumia phones with the path of Mercedes F1 Team. If you have perseverance, you can win, but you need to have realistic intermediary goals. You must not be number one from the start, but rather be on the field, with competitive, distinctive devices (1% market share can be achieved with the core fans of Microsoft Windows). 1% is not a small number of users & translates to even more when we focus on Windows users. So my question is for Microsoft & fans // is it possible to continue the manufacturing process of Microsoft Lumias for the fans of the brand & Windows ? // ++  #theWindowsthatneversleeps +

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-09T10:29:23+00:00

    Windows Mobile is dead. Nadella declared its dead. Under Ballmer, there was hope. Its dead. Get over it. Stop deluding yourself.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-08T17:38:43+00:00

    Again, don't get tied down to hardware. Yes. Pay some third party to develop phones. Your issue will always be apps. Why would any company trust Microsoft enough to spend on creating apps? Why would anyone leave Apple or Android to come to the hot mess that would be another horrible release of Microsoft hardware? 

    I can argue that the only reason Microsoft has developed apps for Android and Apple is to promote Office and other enterprise products. 

    I can see where Microsoft is out of all hardware within 5 years, as, so much as has been written, the Surface series hasn't shown a profit yet.

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  3. RedSpook-9082 4,765 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-07-08T17:09:13+00:00
    • Microsoft can be an 1 trillion + company with the help of a successful mobile division // they have acquired some game development studios, GitHub for many billions // as of current knowledge a successful mobile devices plant can be established under 1 billion // there is app development for other platforms maybe to score some revenue, maybe to show the company's apps //

    Microsoft will be a 1 trillion company only without a mobile division dragging it down. All acquisitions they have made are part of their quite successful strategy to reach that 1 trillion valuation. You may not like or agree with the strategy but it is making the shareholders extremely happy, which is much more important than a few thousand winphans.

    Please provide source for your claim that a successful mobile devices plant SELLING WINDOWS PHONES can be established for less than 1 billion (I assume USD?).

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  4. RedSpook-9082 4,765 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-07-08T17:03:19+00:00

    Apple has a phone... Google has a phone.... Why not Microsoft...?

    Apple has 20% of the smartphone market, Google has 79% and they both make money from it. Microsoft have 0.1% and dropping. If they want to re-establish a presence it will be an endless money pit. That ship not only sailed for Microsoft, but has sunk in the deepest waters imaginable.

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  5. RedSpook-9082 4,765 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-07-06T08:19:49+00:00
    • there is a thinking process in action regarding the strategy // plans can change as the market & technological conditions evolve // if there is an active thinking process, then the subjects (Windows 10 mobile) exist // there is some proof to this : many apps, e.g. Microsoft to-do or the Microsoft Store come with significant improvements // the April 2018 update has been initially labelled as version 1803 //

    Windows 10 Mobile is dead. Whatever is being developed, if anything, is not Windows 10 Mobile. The April update is version 1803, just not for Mobile. A mis-labelled maintenance update is just that - an error, not a strategy. Insider program for Mobile was officially discontinued several months ago, so clearly there is nothing being developed if there is nothing to beta test.

    • the foldable device is a new category & maybe will be released in 2019 if it is thoroughly tested & achieves + results in these tests

    Yes, maybe, if and whenever it happens. Completely irrelevant to the current discussion, as it is a new device category (you are absolutely correct), so it is not a phone and will not run Windows 10 mobile.

    • Windows Phones have been way better tested & hope for a bright future for the OS & Microsoft Lumia (the snow can be bright) // 

    The OS is dead, so is the Lumia range. There is no future, neither bright nor snowy.

    • Disney magic Kingdoms with new substantial updates, new updates also for the MSN apps (for other platforms' users there is the MS News app)

    How do updates of apps for other platforms support your argument and not mine ?

    • #Independence Day may inspire Microsoft to win market share through the snowball effect (you build a useful product & then the users realize direct marketing promotion for you & they gain strength through the snowball effect). Success !  this is also the way for #Windows10mobile & #Lumia. 

    That is utter and complete gibberish, just random marketing and corporate buzzwords put together in a paragraph. And this forum is not twitter, so no need to use hashtags, it's pointless.

    There is no future for Windows 10 Mobile or Lumia. Even this support board is in the process of being discontinued. Please stop deluding yourself.

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