Maustin02
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I think that a big aspect that took me a little bit to grasp and what people are missing is viewing W10 as a true ecosystem. If that is a marketing gimmick they have done well because I believe it lol. I know people will say I have drank the cool-aid and I admit I am a huge Microsoft fan. Before I made the leap to go all Microsoft (surface, 950, and Xboxone) I got one of the first Android phones and it had its issues, and then to an Iphone, and then back to Android. Also, there was so much flack and worries about how android was going to catch up to apples app market. It caught up and is a power house now, granted they were only going up against one market, that I would say was pretty developed. Now Microsoft is having to get into a phone market that is extreamly saturated with different phones, OS, and features. Microsoft has done little marketing overall to show there new phones off and to stand out. I really think Microsoft a successful multi-billion dollar company knew what they were going up against and were not going to strike gold. The phone market is evolving overall. We have the hardware, software, and infrastructure now to allow us to use our phones as viable (some work is needed) day to day computers. I really don't think I will get another surface/laptop once mine dies. My phone can do everything I need and by that time my surface dies my phone will do even more and have a better app market....hopefully. Android might be following in the same uncharted path as Microsoft, check out this article (UWP threat? Google could allow all of Android's apps to directly run on Windows | Windows Central). You have to start some where when deploying everything and some markets will do better than others, like the surface pro 3, 4, and surface book. I will agree that if you look at their phones as a sole product, then yes they are in trouble due to the lack of market interest, app market, and overall diversity of options. But once again I am a fan boy and have drank the cool-aid.