If MS cancelled all future phone development, what would you do?

[JamesDax]

Windows Phone will do fine. Even if it remains as the third ecosystem. I think it's unlikely that MS will throw in the towel.

 

[JamesDax]

They did it once Microsoft's $6 billion aQuantive whoopsie - Jul. 2, 2012 they could do it again.

​Not going to happen.

 

[DJCBS]

That will not happen for a long time! MS bought Nokia, so if they stop making phones they would go under a big loss because their phone division would be useless!

1 - Microsoft did NOT buy Nokia. They bought a division from Nokia. Very, VERY different.

2 - The phone division they bough loses them money. And with their bet on low end, it will only keep losing them money. OEMs only make profits with flagships (there's a reason why Apple only releases overpriced mid-range phones disguised as high end).

So if Microsoft shuts down Microsoft Mobile, they won't be losing anything apart from a burden. Regardless of killing WP with it or not, shutting down Microsoft Mobile would never be a bad decision for Microsoft (although, yes, shutting down MM would mean basically killing WP even faster).

 

[P1ng0fDeath]

IF this happen (which i'm sure it will not) today i'd most likely buy a Moto G2 or Zenfone 5. I can't afford much more than that

 

[fatclue_98]

First thing I'd do would be to look for survivors. These threads sound like it would be universal Armageddon if MS quit the mobile phone business. Grow up people, it is just a phone. If a Palm Treo from 10 years ago can still make phone calls, send and receive SMS/MMS and access the internet, it ain't curtains yet. Nobody ever promised you a rose garden.

 

[HeyCori]

If MS cancelled all future phone development, what would you do?

Call the cops and let them know there's a jinx on the loose. :grin:

 

[Marquis de Faux]

Cyanogenmod

 

[Legoboyii]

Feature Phones.
WP or Bust.

 

[anon(9057135)]

If Windows Phone dies, I'll go to Android.

 

[JamesDax]

WP won't be going away.

 

[Blacklac]

Well, they wont so... I ain't worried about it. Mobile and Win 10 is kind of a big part of their strategy right now.

 

[Greg Doull]

Having had an iphone, I would never have another- far far too restrictive. It is your phone, paid for by you, yet you still can't do want you want with it because apple won't let you. That itunes is awkward to use, and expensive. Apple want to charge for everything. Yeah, right. I can put on or remove files, music, pics as I want with drag and drop.
Someone earlier on this thread said Android was unstable. Crap. My Samsung S3 was brilliant in all the 2 years I had it on contract. Still got it, 9 months after contract expired, only now it is rooted, with Omnirom V5 on it. Still stable, working well and with no unwanted apps on it.
Rooting and different rom was a personal choice- the S3 was still a great phone with stock rom. 2 ? years ago, it had features that crapple have only just got on their iphone 6

 

[maclancer]

I'm not really sure what I would do if they killed phone support

Trust me... It will not going to happen for a very long time... They invested $8 billion purchasing Nokia mobile business and the Lumia brand. Plus, Windows 10 is going to be much better than 8.1

 

[RJ Priest]

I'll play along.

If this scenario occurred at this moment in time and we never get the elusive "flagship", I would finally purchase a 1520 and hope that the phone I receive won't have the "phantom touch" issue. I think that I'd be happy to ride out a 1520 indefinitely. At present with my ATIV S still running WP8 (not even 8.1), it does everything that I need except capture better photos & video - all I want is to get a new Lumia phone with a cutting edge PureView camera.

Worst case scenario, I'd eventually switch to iPhone. No interest in Android.

 

[Yazen]

I'm kind of curious. For all the pissing and moaning about MS I do (of which I do a lot haha), Windows is still hands down my preferred OS. I'm not really sure what I would do if they killed phone support, since I find iOS so restrictive and Android's UI so incredibly unfriendly.

What would you folks do? Also feel free to delete this post if someone's already made a thread asking this

BlackBerry Passport!

 

[DJCBS]

BlackBerry Passport!

Which version? The original or the AT&T one?

 

[Yazen]

Having had an iphone, I would never have another- far far too restrictive. It is your phone, paid for by you, yet you still can't do want you want with it because apple won't let you. That itunes is awkward to use, and expensive. Apple want to charge for everything. Yeah, right. I can put on or remove files, music, pics as I want with drag and drop.
Someone earlier on this thread said Android was unstable. Crap. My Samsung S3 was brilliant in all the 2 years I had it on contract. Still got it, 9 months after contract expired, only now it is rooted, with Omnirom V5 on it. Still stable, working well and with no unwanted apps on it.
Rooting and different rom was a personal choice- the S3 was still a great phone with stock rom. 2 ? years ago, it had features that crapple have only just got on their iphone 6

At least iTunes is not complete junk. Bought into that Pi Day Xbox Music sale
1 - Rented music (Music pass) is 192Kb/s WMA
2 - Purchased music is only 320Kb/s MP3
3 - The app is terrible, worst music solution I have ever used on my PC.
4 - No way to download playlists

iTunes
1 - High quality AAC and lossless formats
2 - Actually has a desktop program that works half decent
3 - Can download playlists

Windows Media Player 5 (2004) works better!!

Now I know why people did not buy into Zune .. I loved my Zune 120/HD, but I never bought into their subscription model. Now that I am in it, without a decent desktop player, I can see why they flopped... I wish they would just update and rebrand the Zune Player ...

Done with Xbox altogether. I hope W10 is better, because for every Microsoft solution there seems to be an equal/better alternative

 

[Yazen]

Which version? The original or the AT&T one?

Crossing fingers for a T-Mobile variant, if that does not come to pass I would probably opt for an unlocked Canadian one.

 

[fatclue_98]

Which version? The original or the AT&T one?

I went with the AT&T version. I like the rounded corners and the bigger chin feels better when typing.

 

[Yazen]

I went with the AT&T version. I like the rounded corners and the bigger chin feels better when typing.

I like the original for the EXACT opposite reasons haha
AT&T variant does look more like a Blackberry though