++ the future of Microsoft Lumia mobile phones ++

I modded up Chriskagunda's post because I think it clearly illustrates why W10 mobile has an increasingly limited future; the death of apps.

If I used my cell to only make and take calls, I'd probably be using my old flip phone and would have saved a good deal of money in the process. Like others however, I saw a mobile future for the cellular phone that I was anxious to embrace.

The app debacle was created in part by MS by their foot-dragging approach to early SDK support and then furthered by their app-killing updates. On the public relations side, they haven't fostered a strong relationship with app developers either large or small. Over just the last few years, I have watched banks, brokerages, and retail outlets drop support for their W10 mobile apps as well as watching alternative browsers and other apps disappear in the face of various issues not the least of which is a declining user base. I am painfully aware of being told, "Just download the app." and having to reply that there isn't one for a W10 mobile cell phone. That's doubly galling when "they" used to have a Windows app that I used, but no longer and have refined the app for iOS or Android.

A phone worth its name cannot operate without True Caller. That was a double killer blow. The App is withdrawn without notification, then as it stops to function in your phone, you're instead asked to check your internet connection, while the issue is with the App, NOT, internet connection. Very, very unfortunate...

+📱 some interesting info & yes maybe Windows 10 mobile will resist beyond 2020 ++ Success 📱

@rbasin: 

Do you try to convince someone about his own opinion?

I ask you the same way, if Windows is so dead why are you so busy to press under the surface of the water?

MS has a site where product lifecycles are shown: Here

The UWP is a platform, and in many cases the apps are exactly the same on desktop and on phone. If you use Continuum then it also scales the same way like on desktop. So after more than a year the OS support may end, but plenty UWP apps will be sill in top shape. 

@93tid: yes "on rare occasions", on almos every case, like a paid driod chatbot :)

• there are some months to save the Windows that never sleeps  📱 & in my opinion without a solid Lumia line, a foldable device (which could act as a flagship) can hardly reach an important market share (some maybe will be interested in foldable devices, but the majority will like to have a solid 📱). The competition is not theirs ++ you can look at this ridiculous article: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/3/17933644/microsoft-android-apps-windows-10-app-mirroring-report  // they are a special app developer & this is it, nothing more // as a company you can build effective cooperation, interaction etc & if this action is profitable, then think about the future & invest in your base, because even a space rocket needs a launch pad & in the future cloud will not be enough & the growth will not be sustainable //

++ keep calm basin if things go -, then still can activate Windows XP (like in the Transformers 2007 movie)  📱📱