[dayglored]

All the recent phone news seems to be about Apple, so I thought I'd find some about Windows Phone. Unfortunately, it's not very good news.

[dayglored]

Ruh-roh ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[Ouderkirk]

Microsoft should focus on it’s core business. PC operating systems, and stop venturing into areas where it has no advantage.

[fruser1]

Could be that the push of Win 10 and its spyware has made folks lose interest. Given their underhanded PC OS business strategies, god knows what doors Win will open on your phone (that crooks could also use). Especially worrisome if you use the phone to pay for everything.

[Dr. Sivana]

Microsoft's rumored Surface Phone now looks like its last hope to rescue the division.

Looks like we might have an "Osborne II" situation here. Microsoft has abandoned previous generations of PDA/Mobile Phone devices before (e.g. Windows CE). I think they can still carve out a chunk, but it will cost them. Include Microsoft Office on the devices if they aren't already, and any other software that phone users who use Microsoft at work could use.

[r_barton]

Smartphones will probably end up being peoples main computers. Combined the phone (as the computer brains) and a desktop docking system with a larger screen and keyboard and storage, and that will probably be the future desktop system for home or business use.

[Phillyred]

I think it’s really simple. There are not enough apps.

[prisoner6]

Brad Sams this week had a report/opinion that MS is following the Google path with phones. Google has it’s Nexus phones but the big sales go to it’s Android partners. Nexus has only 1 or 2 models, other manufacturers are responsible for the bulk of sales.

MS may continue a couple of phones, Lumina or possible Surface branded, but let it’s partners make most of the models.

IIRC Brad claimed there were 70+ OEMs on board.

The report may have been on TWIT/Windows Weekly, https://www.thurrott.com/ or both.

[ReformedBeckite]

I guess Amazon phone is down at the bottom of the list under other, and they were giving them away and may still be giving them away.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Microsoft’s “big-brother” Windows 10 isn’t going to help anything. Trust in the company is falling. Who wants to be part of a constantly monitored ecosystem?

[Bobby_Taxpayer]

Maybe, just maybe, it’s due to the supposed release of the iPhone 7 in September. Why by old models when a new one is around the corner.