As expected. Got burned on the Windows phone twice. They should be sued for not having a 5 year update cycle like most Androids/iPhones
a_talking_face on
This is one of the reasons you can never trust anything but the most established Android brands. The Android experience is just so disjointed and it’s up to each manufacturer to actually update anything. Then you have the carrier certification process that makes things take even longer.
TehWildMan_ on
Microsoft abandoning mobile devices. Almost a bit of deja vu all over againm
Evernight2025 on
I like Microsoft, but much like Google, they’re way too quick to pull the plug on things which is why fucking no one in their right mind adopts their new devices and software
MorpheusDrinkinga4O on
MS is worth $3.09T. How did they end up making something so bad.
actionguy87 on
Microsoft has been such a strange company for the past 10 years. Everything they do feels amateurish and half-baked. They never fully commit to anything and even their most successful product lines are filled with glaring issues (the Office suite and Windows to name two). Everyday when I’m using Excel at work and dealing with its infuriating flaws and performance issues, I’m always thinking that a monkey could code a better piece of software. I guess since Microsoft has all the major corporations in their back pockets, they no longer feel the need to compete or provide streamlined software. I suppose that’s what happens after you’ve bought up and snuffed out all of your competition. A complacent monopoly if there ever was one.
The_Starmaker on
I abandon here my customers.
Weeksy79 on
I said it then and I’ll say it now; if that thing ran iOS I would buy it in an instant.
tomassino on
with half the price and better advertisement it had potential, sad.
goodmorningsexy on
I avoid both Microsoft and Google for hardware and platform tools. Both companies care more about quarterly profits than their customers so everything they build last 3 months then turns into vaporware. If you bought one of these devices then you get exactly what you deserve. Microsoft knows you will have to throw it in the trash and buy something else.. and you’ll probably just buy another Microsoft product anyway (Windows license or otherwise). Why care about your customer’s wallet or personal security when you’ll just keep going back for the same crap over and over again.
miktoo on
Microsoft and smartphone is like oil and water…I wonder if they’ll ever succeed.
xibeno9261 on
I don’t understand Microsoft’s thinking on hardware. Does it want to get into the hardware business or not? Take something like Xbox. There were bumps along the way, but Microsoft stuck by it, and it is doing fine. But when it comes to mobiles and tablets and stuff like that, Microsoft seems to lack the balls to make a real commitment.
yungfishstick on
The Surface Duo 2 was arguably dead on arrival with the prominence of foldables and being priced nearly in the same ballpark as one. I really wish Windows phones/Microsoft branded phones were a thing because they did have some interesting ideas, but if history has proven anything it’s that Microsoft doesn’t know how to run a smartphone business and they probably never will.
Ezzyduzzit on
The critical flaw for me was the glass chipping over the charge port, leading to extensive cracking, then water eventually getting into the phone. Outside of that I loved it, too bad it flopped.
badger906 on
Microsoft has all the money and means to make a windows powered phone with its own ecosystem and light weight operating system, which would go nicely on the latest generation of hand held gaming pcs..
But nooo half baked android crap!
JC2535 on
Folding screens are taking off just as I thought they would. Novelty isn’t a compelling reason to buy anything. Make a better one-handed interface.
thelizard33 on
Wow Microsoft abandoning a mobile device. Shocking.
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As expected. Got burned on the Windows phone twice. They should be sued for not having a 5 year update cycle like most Androids/iPhones
This is one of the reasons you can never trust anything but the most established Android brands. The Android experience is just so disjointed and it’s up to each manufacturer to actually update anything. Then you have the carrier certification process that makes things take even longer.
Microsoft abandoning mobile devices. Almost a bit of deja vu all over againm
I like Microsoft, but much like Google, they’re way too quick to pull the plug on things which is why fucking no one in their right mind adopts their new devices and software
MS is worth $3.09T. How did they end up making something so bad.
Microsoft has been such a strange company for the past 10 years. Everything they do feels amateurish and half-baked. They never fully commit to anything and even their most successful product lines are filled with glaring issues (the Office suite and Windows to name two). Everyday when I’m using Excel at work and dealing with its infuriating flaws and performance issues, I’m always thinking that a monkey could code a better piece of software. I guess since Microsoft has all the major corporations in their back pockets, they no longer feel the need to compete or provide streamlined software. I suppose that’s what happens after you’ve bought up and snuffed out all of your competition. A complacent monopoly if there ever was one.
I abandon here my customers.
I said it then and I’ll say it now; if that thing ran iOS I would buy it in an instant.
with half the price and better advertisement it had potential, sad.
I avoid both Microsoft and Google for hardware and platform tools. Both companies care more about quarterly profits than their customers so everything they build last 3 months then turns into vaporware. If you bought one of these devices then you get exactly what you deserve. Microsoft knows you will have to throw it in the trash and buy something else.. and you’ll probably just buy another Microsoft product anyway (Windows license or otherwise). Why care about your customer’s wallet or personal security when you’ll just keep going back for the same crap over and over again.
Microsoft and smartphone is like oil and water…I wonder if they’ll ever succeed.
I don’t understand Microsoft’s thinking on hardware. Does it want to get into the hardware business or not? Take something like Xbox. There were bumps along the way, but Microsoft stuck by it, and it is doing fine. But when it comes to mobiles and tablets and stuff like that, Microsoft seems to lack the balls to make a real commitment.
The Surface Duo 2 was arguably dead on arrival with the prominence of foldables and being priced nearly in the same ballpark as one. I really wish Windows phones/Microsoft branded phones were a thing because they did have some interesting ideas, but if history has proven anything it’s that Microsoft doesn’t know how to run a smartphone business and they probably never will.
The critical flaw for me was the glass chipping over the charge port, leading to extensive cracking, then water eventually getting into the phone. Outside of that I loved it, too bad it flopped.
Microsoft has all the money and means to make a windows powered phone with its own ecosystem and light weight operating system, which would go nicely on the latest generation of hand held gaming pcs..
But nooo half baked android crap!
Folding screens are taking off just as I thought they would. Novelty isn’t a compelling reason to buy anything. Make a better one-handed interface.
Wow Microsoft abandoning a mobile device. Shocking.