Doom and gloom, doom and gloom.... They clearly are more interested in3rd parties making devices at this point. They are actively updating the mobile OS. So please stop. When we are getting one update every couple of months, then worry. We aren't going to see a Surface phone by summer 2017, it's fine. And they are updating the hell out of continuums feature set, with more confirmed to come. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's for phones RIGHT!?
I can edit and update this post to kingdom come but that doesn't mean it's destined to become the best post on the board.
They're updating the OS but its all bugfixes and minor things. The feature I was excited for in the AU? The lockscreen camera shortcut (cough iOS 5 cough) and Store update notifications because they couldn't bear the chance of having something COOL on mobile. It launched in November 2015. Granted its improved since but they're all just making it less unreliable.
(okay fine, so gestures in Edge are added and the Update icon in settings has another arrow.)
What was I excited for in iOS 10 and Android 7.0?
iOS 10 had a cool iMessage revamp, Siri can let apps hook into it, the new notification setup! Not that much better but they also threw in a redesign and its still more to be excited about. iOS 9 launched in September 2015.
Android 7 brought officially-sanctioned splitscreen onboard, quick app switching, improved notifications and other things that may have been on custom ROMs before but are official now. 6.0 Marshmallow hit general availability early October 2015.
Everything has always been "soon" with Windows 10 Mobile. You can argue "they're catching up after the reboot" to kingdom come but it's been nothing but bugfixes until whenever the next big version is. And the next "Redstone 2", all I hear is Continuum improvements. That's it. I'd wager the whole project is powered by spare change and some executive goodwill left over from the main Windows project. If they cared it should be improving in improving, but its not.