Tom Warren "gives up" on Windows Phone

Microsoft seems to be forgetting its fans

One of Tom's perceptions of Microsoft is that the company seems to be shifting its focus from its operating system to working on iOS and Android . And that, to him, makes advances in Windows Phone feel like they're coming later.

It is possible that the reason this is perceived is that the company may be planning to ditch Windows Phone to welcome Windows 10, a homogeneous operating system available on all platforms.

It should also be mentioned that during this year Microsoft went through many changes, and it was only in the last quarter that we began to see a little of the vision and the path that Microsoft wants to travel. In any case, this is not a reason to say “poor Microsoft, it is going through a lot”, since the company should have put together a plan not to leave Windows Phone and its followers waiting for interesting changes.

The lack of applications continues to be a problem

This is something that despite having improved in the last 2 years, the application store continues to have some very large shortcomings in the catalog. Tom Warren in his article comments on some specific applications such as Trello, Citymapper, or Dark Sky, but beyond that, he makes it clear that Windows Phone is not evolving at the same pace as the applications and how they are change people's lives

Tom was also encouraged to say that independent developers are not enough for the operating system Naming Rudy Huyn, he says developers Windows Phone should get to work filling in the gaps in services that Windows Phone has, instead of getting to work to innovate and bring new useful tools.

This is something that unfortunately we cannot cover up with phrases like "the applications we use the most are available" or "we are better than Android because 90% of its store is garbage" (since in addition our store It is not the cleanest that we say). Windows Phone continues to have app failures; many official services and interesting and innovative applications are missing.

And there is another problem, and as Tom also comments, is that when an official application arrives it is in beta version or receives updates at a snail's pace . Specifically, he talks about Instagram and Twitter respectively.

In any case, this does not mean that the store is dead and that it does not move a pin. Applications are arriving, and always during the week there are some other interesting tools. But it is obvious that we are below the expectations that we could have regarding this.

There is a lack of a good high-end terminal on Windows Phone

Tom Warren comments that He feels we don't have any good all-around Windows Phone handset He says the Nokia Lumia 930 it's heavy and big, the HTC One M8 with Windows Phone lacks a good camera, and the Nokia Lumia 1520 doesn't quite suit your needs (remember, it has a 6-inch screen).

Until take heart to say that the iPhone 6 is everything you'd like to see in a high-end Windows Phone: light, with a good camera, and good construction materials.

And, in addition to this, he says that Microsoft seems to have shown more interest in low-end products than in high-end ones, and that the canceled Nokia McLaren gives a sample of this.

Conclution

Despite having hit the jackpot,Tom comments that he still supports Windows Phone . And that even though Microsoft releases updates slowly, he understands that it's doing it for optimal quality.

To this he also adds that Windows Phone is an operating system designed to work on all platforms, but due to the lack of applications that are changing people's lives today, makes it ruin the experience.

Tom Warren is not the only one who said "not for now" to Windows Phone, since in fact a few days ago another important technology writer, Ed Bott, made a note under the title of " Why did I give up on Windows Phone? Verizon's fault.”

In the next few days in Xataka Windows, and to close the year, we will give our opinion on how Microsoft was during this year. But we also want to hear from our followers: