Windows Phone, RIP

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Yeah, I like the voice activated text messaging in my car, too. Even if it misunderstands half of the words, it at least gives my wife a laugh (wait WHAT was that supposed to say?)

Personally, I would not put $600 into a car stereo for a 12 year old car... But that's just me!

[Patrase]

I love my Windows phone. Still use it, got one on runout and then a free upgrade to the top of the line one. The reason I like it so much is for the calendar. The lock screen has my upcoming calendar schedule. I tried an iPhone but missed meetings etc because I was too lazy to manually swipe down to see the calendar. To have the calendar on the do the samething on an iPhone you have to jail break it. There was an app that supposedly could do this but it didn't work that well for me.

Sure it has limited apps but I have an iPad. I was told android App Store has too much malware

I will probably keep using it for as long as I can get replacement battery's for it. I am a die hard fan!

[hup_d_dup]

do some research and purchase one of the very best android phones.

Who has time for research?

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[Tubaryan12]

Huge Android fan here and former Windows phone user. Once you learn where everything is, the selection of apps and ease-of-use will make you wonder why you stuck with Windows for so long

Ditto. I go all the way back to my PDA running windows CE. I loved Windows mobile 6.5, but when they went to Windows Phone 7 I was done with them and switched to Android. Now I have all of the customization that Windows mobile 6.5 had, but with much more power. Now, If I can only find a launcher that makes my phone look like a Zune again....lol.

[bort]

Well, it happened. My Lumia 950 died and I had to buy a new phone. I now have an Android, a Samsung something or another.

So far so good. I don't hate it as much as I thought I would, but I also don't understand why people like them as much as they do. Anyway, see ya later, windows phone.

[windshieldbug]

I'm glad they tried to do phones.
My 10 year old PC laptop kept getting slower and s-l-o-w-e-r,
then they combined OSs, it got new life, and it still seems to work just fine as a netbook!

[bort]

I hear you. I'm actually very tech savvy, and want the latest and greatest stuff, but think it's ridiculous to spend nearly $1,000 for something as temporary as a phone. I think this one cost me about $250, which is bad enough!

Funniest thing is that with Windows phone there were almost no apps, and many things didn't work. You'd go to stores and they would have app only coupons, and with a windows phone you would be out of luck. Even when there was a windows app, it usually had about half of the functionality of the Android and Apple versions.

Now, overnight I have access to what the rest of the world has had for 10 years. Not sure I want it all at once, but I have to say this is a little embarrassing.

If Microsoft could get their interface to work up to 2018 expectations, it would be amazing. But, no dice.

[Tubaryan12]

Well, it happened. My Lumia 950 died and I had to buy a new phone. I now have an Android, a Samsung something or another.

So far so good. I don't hate it as much as I thought I would, but I also don't understand why people like them as much as they do. Anyway, see ya later, windows phone.

My love for android can be summed up with one word: widgets. Once you find widgets that you find useful it will change your experience.

I'm very forgetful. Reminder and calendar widgets keep the things I need to remember in plain sight. A good calendar widget can give you a constant reminder of that event weeks in advance.

[Donn]

You'd go to stores and they would have app only coupons

Never heard of such a thing. I think that would be the last time I'd go to that store, but I say that without knowing what kind of delights await me there.

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I forget what store it was, but customer service was eventually helpful. As in, first they would look at me weird, then asked to look at my phone, then realized I wasn't lying that there was something other than Android or iPhone... and then they just manually applied a discount.

Widgets -- yeah, that helps a lot. Basically the same thing as the WP live tiles. So now it's just like an ugly looking windows phone.

Meh, whatever, it'll work!