I want to manipulate my personal files as I wish, renaming, copy, hide, transfer it via Bluetooth or wifi direct; anything possible on a smartphone.
I see you own a Nexus 4, which I consider in high esteem ? if it hadn't been out of stock for so long, I probably be using one today. But I think it's worth pointing out that you use an Android device and from that standpoint, you look at your lovely file explorer, which is powerful like the one on your PC, then scratch your head at Windows Phone. You do bring up valid criticisms, but I believe that both the Android / PC approach and the iOS / Windows Phone approach have it wrong. One thrusts too much at the user, the other snatches away almost all control and silos data.
The PC approach is too complicated. Sorry, but it's true. You and I appreciate the freedom and micro-manageability it gives us. Average Joe, he finds it to be a nightmare and his iPad is infinitely more lovable. The iPad may seem dumb, but dumb translates to user friendliness. It is absolutely where mainstream consumer computing should be going, instead of catering to self-important techie snobs like us who want feature X and Y for our specific needs. There was a period of time when the more technologically inclined were largely using the same devices as the average consumer. I think that time is passing, and that is for the better of users, and the industry as a whole. We may not like it, but we will probably always have more powerful alternatives to choose from, if we wish so. You're currently in luck ? Android has dominant market share.
For all I've said above, Microsoft has kinda convinced me that the smartphone doesn't have to do it all. My desktop and laptop are simply more usable and more powerful for those tasks. That isn't to say Microsoft has it right ? there is certainly much more it can and should do ? but the concept has sold me, and it's sold hundreds of millions in the iOS ecosystem. It's perfectly fine for
you to expect each computing device you own to be performing to its maximum capability and feature set, but you have to understand that for
others, a smartphone is a smartphone, which isn't a tablet, which isn't a desktop.
In all seriousness, sometimes we need to take a step back. I called us snobs before, and I meant it. "Goodness, your phone doesn't have a file manager and you like that ? are you a simpleton, a sheep, or worse?" sounds rather ridiculous in hindsight. And I don't think you come from a place of complete misunderstanding ? I bet you have experienced first-hand some of the benefits of ceding control in Google Now.