Talk about nail on the head wtih this. EXACTLY how I feel. We keep on getting told many things, and we wait, next version, WAIT and keep waiting...Microsoft just says "Coming soon !", same old story. How many years have they been saying "Tap to Pay" is coming ? At least in their LAST 2 major press statements...and we are STIL waiting..
I see Microsoft's approch here and it's smarter than I thought. So, let Windows 10 free (I am sure they will exend it)...millions have taken it, put little changes to make it a UMP app, so for most devs it's a very little change and a WHY NOT type of thing. So Microsoft said "Screw Windows Phone for one year, let the apps catch up". Getting Millions of UMP apps in the store WILL TAKE TIME, More people on WIn10, more need for UMP apps, and it keeps working.
This is Microsoft's last hope for WP...
I am taking a break from WP because of all the broken promises, My LG G3 (G4 soon, people on ebay are dumb) is working and holding me off. I was always a WP user, directly from PocketPC, So never owned a Android device for a long time (besides to re-sell), I have been on this LG for about a month now... All the LOCAL apps are pretty crazy, Tap to pay, all the missing apps (although only 3-4) from WP are there pluss MANY MORE...
I miss Windows Phone and I HOPE THIS WORKS but, once you live in a place where tap to pay is everywhere and you have been using it for weeks, No freaking way I could go back to pulling out my credit card every place...
It really is that nice to have.....Microsoft just get it....FINALLY.
I would dump Android TODAY, if Tap to pay was back....Most other things I can work through..
BTW MLB 2016 is nice.... I even get all the updates on my Microsoft band 2