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At that point, Microsoft should have even paid developers to create apps for their Windows Phone, but they stupidly charged the annual development fee of $100, just like Apple, when they were not in Apple's position.

Windows phone somehow managed to be felt more closed system than iPhone.

To be fair, Windows Phone had dark mode before the world even started asking for it.

I was working in a retail store for one of the big 4 mobile phone companies in the US when Windows Phone was a thing. I think one of the biggest shames of Windows Phone failing the way it did was the fact that it CRUSHED low end Android phones. A $150 Nokia Lumia Windows phone could run laps around an equally priced Android phone, but it was a hard sell since there were no apps for it.

Lack of apps killed it. Their Nokia built phones were really rugged and I had a 6” screen device, back when people thought it was crazy to have a big smartphone.

These phones and the OS were SO GOOD. WP was LEAPS ahead of anything at the time, it had so much potential was so original and innovative. I miss it a LOT.

It was such a shame popular apps refused to make Windows Phone versions, I loved my Lumia 930's camera, but the lack of apps made it impossible to stay.

Couple of points. You were completely right about Microsoft being bad at hardware even when it came to the Xbox as the Xbox 360 red ring of death cost them $1B to fix alone. Second one of the main reasons the Windows Phone had few developers was that Microsoft poorly managed development for their phone OS. While Windows CE had a lot developers, as Microsoft transitioned towards from CE to Windows Phone, every new version of the OS required a major rewrite for developers. By the time of the Windows Phone, few developers wanted to touch it as they felt burned. If anything they would wait until the OS was stabilized. However when phones using Windows Phone 7 OS could not use newer Windows Phone 8 OS, that burned consumers as well as developers. With less interest from both developers and consumers, it was over for the product.

What do you mean "looks weird"?.. this is the most beautiful mobile OS still..

I still miss windows phones. If existed today, windows phone would be my daily driver.

i had a couple of Lumia phones and i loved it. The only problem was the lack of apps and third party support. But other than that, it was very well designed and built, had a UI design i really loved and was way cheaper than the competition at the time. I wish they had lasted longer.

I was slinging phones back when that Windows Nokia phone dropped and that thing was a BEAST with no fangs...great phone, ZERO apps!!!