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
I would turn to Blackberry.
I wrote a lengthy post about this last night but of course, the Windows Central forums are not very friendly with Internet Explorer on Windows Phone (Isn't it Ironic.... Don'cha Think?) & when I switched to another tab and went back to paste something, the forums refreshed and I lost everything I was typing, despite me knowing this might happen and decided to hit the preview post button to store the written text just in case. On other forums, that works.... Here, not so much.
Anyways, to post my reasons in as short as possible in order to prevent a second loss, here's the low-down:
iPhone:
The Fisher Price of Phones. Too basic and kiddie looking. Apple only lets you do with it what they want you too. Specs are always sub-par, screens have been tiny up until recently and for the iPhone 6 to barely compete with a Lumia 925 & the 930 beats it in almost every category, purchasing an iPhone would be an insult to my intelligence. I have used Mac PC' for years as a Graphic Designer and they're unreliable, lock up, freeze and otherwise glitch out when doing large projects like batch actioning folders of up to a couple of thousand images at once. My wife went through FIVE iPods in a few months due to reasons unknown as Apple wouldn't explain the problem or provide a solution to the terminal lock up screens and only replaced her iPod with another iPod that would do the same thing in a few more weeks. Was it a specific song, album or file?
Who knows??
Android:
My wife had a Samsung Galaxy S3 and we had an Android Tablet. The OS is made more complicated than it needs to be for what very little it allows you to do. After a couple of months, both the tablet and Galaxy bogged right down and became bloated regardless of how often I cleaned up apps and files from the system.
Blackberry:
When I first decided to get a mobile (I waited a long time and had no interest up until I hit 30-31 years of age) I spent a couple of months going between four different carriers and tested, handled and tried almost every single device that seemed to suit my needs.
It came down to the Blackberry Torch and the Lumia 800. I only chose the 800 because some of Blackberry's features were extra costs on existing plans while the 800 came with a lot of free stuff right out of the box.
Since then I stuck with Windows Phones, but I still wonder what would have been if I picked the Blackberry. It was a slick looking phone.
Hypothetically speaking, if Microsoft did decide to drop Windows Phone (hardly likely at this point) I would go to Blackberry in a heartbeat without even thinking about Android or iPhone.
Their new phone, the Z30 is a nice looking phone with some good features, but still doesn't compete with my Lumia 930 in many ways.
Still, by the time my 930 needs to be replaced, a new Blackberry would be out.
If my Lumia 930 vanished and all Windows Phones disappeared, the Blackberry Passport would be what I would get at this very moment:
Spec-wise, this phone is pretty good and has some advantages over the 930..... and I like what I have seen in reviews and handling. It's a nice OS too.