Why doesn't MS address desktop apps on Windows Phone?

[j1macon]

Two questions, which admittedly are based in ignorance. (1) why can't MSFT put Intel x86 type chips into a smart phone (or other companies) to make them work like desktop? And alternatively (2) why can't MSFT create some open-sourced virtualization app for all the original desktop apps.

 

[AV2RY]

MS is done with phones. Haven't you read? Microsoft is cremating (dead) Lumias. Some are waiting for the Surface phone which probably will never come. People been talking about it for a year or two at least and there's still no official word about it. And what for you need PC apps on the phone. Buy a tablet with Intel chip

 

[Timbre70]

Already got an alternative phone in preparation. Very sad now!!!

Be prepared...

 

[xandros9]

1. Intel killed the chips that were designed for those mobile roles. Comparable offerings would be prohibitively expensive.

2. Virtualization takes a lot of support hardware, money and effort to make happen. And it may not be a project they want to undertake given its likely cost and complexity.

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Two questions, which admittedly are based in ignorance. (1) why can't MSFT put Intel x86 type chips into a smart phone (or other companies) to make them work like desktop? And alternatively (2) why can't MSFT create some open-sourced virtualization app for all the original desktop apps.

those chips use 2-3 times more power than current chips so from a battery standpoint, it doesn't make sense