So, after 13 years or so of being a WM user (including a short defection to Android), I'm finally calling it a day as far as WIndows Mobile is concerned. Just placed an order for a Moto X Play to replace my Lumia 1020 and 1520 (both running WM10).
I started back in the early days of WM2003 with an Orange SPV E200 (HTC Tanager) then upgraded every year or so (handsets such as the Motorola MPX200 and MPX220, HTC HD2, Samsung Omnia, T-Mobile MDAs, Sony Xperia X1 to name but many!). Been from Windows SP2002 to SP2003, WM5, WM6, WM8, WM8,1 and now WM10. Had various levels of enjoyment from using the various handsets and OS's.
Having given WM10 some time to show and improvement, the future still looks a bit hazy. We still have the "app gap" to certain extents although some of the major apps are now starting to filter through (Facebook being one). I have a 1520 which needs repairing due to a failed earpiece (still works fine over speakerphone/bluetooth) so had to revert back to my old 1020.
Now performance has always been a bit hit and miss with WM10 on the 1020 - hence why MS omitted it from the upgrade list. However, over the last week or so it has been eating it's battery from 100% to 0% in a matter of hours. The OS says Edge was eating it so turned off background for Edge. No change, now apparently Facebook is doing the same.....you can see where this is going! I think this was the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak. I have used, supported and defended Windows Phone/Mobile in all it's guises but I don't think I can do it any longer. While WM10 is a great OS, I just think MS left it way too late by tinkering with WM5/6 for far too long. By the time they had come up with a competitor for Android/iOS they were just too far behind. Now we have the annoying issues of apps being available from the Google/Apple app stores but no sign on the Windows store.
I think I've given MS plenty of time to get things right, but I think now they kind of have gotten it right they are just too far behind. Developers are just not making the apps. So it's bye to WM for now - I still have my 1520 to tinker with and see how it matures. I am still also running W10 on the desktop and use O365/Outlook.com etc so not exactly deserting MS!
Maybe in the future I may return to the WM fold, but for now I'm defecting to the dark side (Android - not that dark side!).