Yes: The platform is dead. There are no apps. Game devs are pulling out of Xbox integration, while others are delisting apps entirely. There hasn't been a mainstream flagship on AT&T in 2+ years. Microsoft's Office apps are better on competing operating systems. It's the end times, no question.
No: Apps aren't important. Windows Phone runs better on crap hardware than Crapdroid on a dodeca-core CPU. Windows 10 will solve everything with a unified ecosystem and free unicorns. If you're considering another platform, you're a downright fool.
Truth: There are missing apps, and it sucks. However, there is strong potential that putting the two app stores together can improve that situation greatly. The OS is far from dead, but it's hard to project its longevity before we see how developers take to the unified ecosystem (which can reach a massive number of users, thanks to the install base of Windows 8/8.1 and the fact that they are giving Windows 1 users free upgrades to 10). Microsoft seems to be far from throwing in the towel on Windows-based handsets at the moment, but they've also got to stop treating every even year like an ecosystem reboot. If you're missing out on significant applications because of the 930, then it makes sense to look elsewhere for another 1-2 years. If the things you're missing are minor, and you can stand some possible growing pains through the end of 2015, then the Windows ecosystem has good potential to work better across all of your devices than iOS and Android, thanks to the laptop/desktop integration.
No: Apps aren't important. Windows Phone runs better on crap hardware than Crapdroid on a dodeca-core CPU. Windows 10 will solve everything with a unified ecosystem and free unicorns. If you're considering another platform, you're a downright fool.
Truth: There are missing apps, and it sucks. However, there is strong potential that putting the two app stores together can improve that situation greatly. The OS is far from dead, but it's hard to project its longevity before we see how developers take to the unified ecosystem (which can reach a massive number of users, thanks to the install base of Windows 8/8.1 and the fact that they are giving Windows 1 users free upgrades to 10). Microsoft seems to be far from throwing in the towel on Windows-based handsets at the moment, but they've also got to stop treating every even year like an ecosystem reboot. If you're missing out on significant applications because of the 930, then it makes sense to look elsewhere for another 1-2 years. If the things you're missing are minor, and you can stand some possible growing pains through the end of 2015, then the Windows ecosystem has good potential to work better across all of your devices than iOS and Android, thanks to the laptop/desktop integration.
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