Would you trade a Windows phone for an iPhone? In New York the police will change more than 40,000

We all know what a huge difference in potential there is when it comes to mobile operating systems. Between Windows Phone and iOS there is an abyss and let alone if we compare it with Android. We are not going to assess whether a system is better or worse, as it would be a war without quarter and without winners: we are talking about the market

A low presence that is mainly due to three reasons: few applications, a system that has not evolved as it should and above all a lack of terminals to choose from. Three evils that the platform has been suffering from almost since its inception, although for some time now they have been noticeably accentuated.Some problems that the New York Police Department apparently did not consider and that is now taking its toll on them.

And it is that two years ago, the forces and security bodies of the city of skyscrapers surprised many by taking over 40,000 terminals with Windows PhoneAbove all the chosen ones were the Lumia 830 and Lumia 640 XL. Two models that apparently more than met expectations after this time.

Switching to Windows Phone cost about 160 million taxpayer dollars

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However, the good work that they have apparently performed has not helped them to have to leave the plate in the drawer. And it is that after porting their telephone service to the Microsoft platform, something that made them disburse more than 160 million dollars from the taxpayer in a decision to put it mildly, controversial, the Police Department (N.Y.D.P) has retraced the path and has gotten rid of almost all of the acquired terminals."

There have been some 36,000 terminals that the Police Department has decided to stop using to switch to using iOS and therefore, iPhone . A decision as controversial as the previous one, due to the cost involved and because there were many who considered the previous movement (using Windows Phone) as something meaningless.

This is a movement that will not be carried out suddenly, but will take place between now and the end of the year so that the deployment of iOS and iPhone in security forces will be gradual. It is not known which iPhone model to use, but apparently the reason behind the change could be motivated by Microsoft's cessation of support for Windows Phone.

Some terminals that must have the latest security updates, given the sensitive data with which they can work and which caused them to be It would seem irresponsible for them to use an operating system that did not have the improvements to guarantee a minimum level of security and privacy.

We will see how the change feels to the security forces (we suppose for the better) and how citizens take this waste of money public, which may be what annoys the most.

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