- emotional reactions from the Windows 10 mobile userbase after the biggest security update in years (see in the comments) https://www.windowslatest.com/2019/03/12/windows-10-mobile-march-2019-cumulative-updates-now-available/ ++
++ the future of Microsoft Lumia mobile phones ++
++ 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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2019-03-13T13:20:39+00:00 - in F1 there are only a few teams which have achieved sustainability & maintained a long-term presence in the competition ++ maybe we can learn also from the NBA (some teams still have apps in the Microsoft Store)
++ in the words of a company official "Lumia has been a challenge" & challenges are there to be tackled (as snow comes usually in winter, it would be strange a winter without Lumia) ++ I have the hope that the evolution of various markets (like the cloud and gaming markets, where the company will face increased competition) will determine a move that will save a sustainable future for Windows in your pocket ++ it is very healthy for a business to be challenger in some markets, so it will have a greater understanding of the business environment & is less likely to abuse its dominant position (in other markets) //
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RedSpook-9082 4,765 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2019-03-13T11:48:45+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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2019-03-13T07:25:14+00:00 As you probably know, the Azure division is linked to cloud services without being dependent on the workplace - or cellphone - OS environment. Two years ago, MS reps were making presentations at industry events demonstrating cloud services and most of them were using either iOS or Android devices to show what could be done; no one was saying that the systems would run better or even at all on a WINDOWS phone.
I'll keep my Lumia until I have to let it go, but the sound you hear is me not holding my breath.
- it is a fact that Windows 10 mobile strategy is in a nose dive & one of the effects (maybe a surprise for some company officials) has been the complete abandonment of UWP apps (both mobile & PC) by some important businesses ++ the current CEO has made a goal in the company that there is a need to transparency & the courage to openly speak up with arguments & yet when the leadership has made the strategic decision to pull strategic support from the mobile division, almost nobody had the courage to say no (so it had become a shame for a company official to hold a Windows Phone)
++ 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
++ Windows (10) Mobile (Windows Phone) devices are primarily a precious synergy backup for UWP & provide the ultimate Windows experience (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% ) //
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Anonymous
2019-03-13T06:54:14+00:00 What Microsoft is doing at present I like the concept giving us updates every 6 months but want to see something more innovative.