++ 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
    2019-03-15T23:21:04+00:00

    The most relevant part of the article wasn't the user comments, it was the following from the article,

    "... Microsoft recommends users to move to an Android or iOS device when Windows 10 Mobile is discontinued, emphasizing that all of its apps are available on these platforms too."

    Also relevant to our discussion was the following from an article with a link on the page concerning Enpass deciding to end its app for W10mobile because MS had essentially dropped its support for UWP for mobile. Concerning MS own stable of W10mobile apps, the article noted,

    "... Microsoft itself ended support for three of its apps – Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer for Windows Phones."

    'Nuf said

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  2. RedSpook-9082 4,765 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-03-13T11:48:45+00:00

    almost nobody had the courage to say no

    Because there were no sensible arguments to say yes

    ++ in my opinion the vital thing from Microsoft's perspective is the capability to manufacture Windows Phone + Windows Mobile devices with the achievement of a profit ++ if they achieve this goal, then market share is very much secondary ++ so you need a factory that can be profitable or in other words a dynamic factory that can scale output in relation to demand

    No, most definitely not.  The vital thing from Microsoft's perspective is to keep turning a profit and resurrecting a dead platform is beyond stupid. Your whole concept is a pipe dream, you cannot make a profit in such a cut-throat competitive business like mobile without economies of scale and you cannot have that without market share. There is no such factory which can make a profit if they make 10 phones a month and also be capable of producing 1 mln phones a month if necessary - this is just you hallucinating.

    ++ Windows (10) Mobile (Windows Phone) devices are primarily a precious synergy backup for UWP

    What does that even mean ? Just random fancy words you tend to throw together to check if anyone is actually paying attention to your ramblings ?

    (in terms of market share they can compete, when they will have a comparable infrastructure to the other vendors ++ after all the company has not to be afraid from a very competitive smartphone market (F1 comparison), in which the top three vendors range between 12% - 20% ) // 

    Windows Phone is dead - it will never have a comparable infrastructure to the other vendors, it has already been dismantled. Please stop writing as if W10M has just been launched - it is already in the past and there is no point whatsoever in further "what could have been" daydreaming. Nobody at Microsoft is paying attention to the occasional howl from a deluded Windows phone fan "to bring it back" - there is no case for this to ever happen and it will never happen, time to finally understand this and move on.

    As usual, your F1 comparison makes no sense whatsoever, at least you haven't gone for one of your completely random NBA correlations.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-03-11T15:44:21+00:00

    Very apt and to the point.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-03-11T10:06:48+00:00
    • the fb page will be gone, when will be deleted (like the YouTube channel ++ nobody stops a fb user to press again the like button & perform a comeback to neutrality ) & if the company affords to disappoint 10s of millions of fans... well that is "non-smart" or makes little sense ++ many would be happy with the vitality of Windows 10 mobile //

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  5. RedSpook-9082 4,765 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-03-11T08:14:07+00:00
    • another great advantage of Microsoft Lumia devices has been their safety record (operational & software)

    What does that actually mean ? That it is virus-proof ? Nobody is disputing that - again you are shifting the discussion - no one is saying Windows 10 Mobile is bad, just that it's dead.

    their like ratio has been competitive achieving more than 38% of likes per devices used (the idle Microsoft Lumia fb page has recorded over 42 million likes per over 111 million units manufactured & this is encouraging) //

    Utter nonsense, completely meaningless statistic from a dead FB page.

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