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[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 28 points 6 hours ago (6 children)

As shitty as M$ is, it would have been nice to see Windows phone become moderately successful and be a third primary mobile os.

[–] humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree. That would've just been more garbage like with the xbox.

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I’m playing gears on PS5 as we speak. Ha ha. What a shipwreck XBOX has become.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

That's would just be Windows 11 S ~Mobile~ ~Edition~, but you do not get the option to upgrade to Windows 11 Home ~Mobile~ ~Edition~ as you would on a PC

Or maybe you do get an option, but its a subscription for $50 per quarter-year. 🫠

[–] NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Not much different than Google. Keeping their mobile device storage low and then officially advising people to just store stuff on Google drive instead.

Thus driving people to pay for Google One.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

with chrome, ope, edge

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Meh, that's not real competition... the big one just collude

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

I would have rather seen the development of BBOS10. It was so far ahead of its time.

That whole thing we do with swipe gestures to navigate the android interface? Yeah BBOS had that years ago.

I miss my Passport.

[–] festus@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't hate my Windows Phone when I had one.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] RichieRich@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

No way - it was a good phone at the time. I had a Lumia 640 and it worked like a charm. There was only a small range of apps, but the main features worked fine: mail, calendar, messaging, camera and route planner with a map. There were news readers, Acrobat. I did not miss much and if M$ sold it's software better to other manufacturers than Nokia, I think it would have worked well and fitted between Apple and Google.