Say what you will about Microsoft, lemmys, but Windows Phone 10 had great performance and battery life. It's a shame that it was nuked because MS couldn't bring themselves to go all the way on the Android bridge.

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 17 points 7 months ago (9 children)

They also messed up Nokia before killing Windows Phone. Nokia's Symbian used to be a serious competition to android.

[–] TeNppa@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nokia's Symbian was shit and you're the only person I've ever heard saying anything positive about it. To be a serious competitor to Android or IOS you need to have as much apps on the store and Symbian had very few.

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 months ago

I am saying that it was probably sabotaged by Microsoft leaning leadership at Nokia.

Also, despite being Linux core, Android itself was shit in the beginning. Gingerbread (G) was the first edition that won favour with buyers. Hardly any takers of android for its first six versions (A to F). Not even the techy nerds were buying Eclairs.

Around 20 years ago, iOS used to outclass everything by a big margin. Android, Nokia/Symbian, RIM, etc were closer to each other than to Apple. And now ...

As of 2024, fresh competition to android is needed.

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