The elephant in the room.

I really hate that WC post articles that showcase the failure of Windows Phone as some sort of grand scheme from Microsoft to rise again stronger and better. Failure is never in the grand scheme of success. It happens along the way but it is never in the plan. Windows Phone is doing bad right now and anyone can see this. As a WP user It's bugging me because I really love the platform but how long are we going to ignore the elephant in the room? There's no enterprise strategy that's going to save WP. There's no Surface Phone that's going to save WP. The issues with WP have nothing to do with Microsoft creating bad hardware because the HP elite has great hardware, the Lumia 950 and 950xl both have great hardware specs as well. The issue is Windows 10 mobile. If anyone at all on Microsoft's Windows 10 mobile team used a WP as a daily driver they would be able to spot the many bugs, inconsistencies and just straight problems and limitations of W10M with ease. I hate to have to go back to iPhone after the life of my 950 but the platform is dead. This explains why Lenovo refuses to make a mobile product running it. How long are we going to ignore the obvious? Even around here It's easy to note the absence of users. Microsoft has done a lot to push us away. We have great devices running bad firmware and bad software with no sort of fix in sight. We ask for features and fixes and we get ignored or have to endure years worth waiting as if Microsoft isn't a software company first. We have poorly supported apps, Wi-Fi bugs, Bluetooth bugs, half us can't get Groove to recognize our SD cards, the whole 950 series has heat issues, even the great 1520 had well documented phantom taps. The sad part is It's been years and it seems the 1520 on W8.1 was probably the most stable we'd get. How long are we going to ignore the elephant in the room here. W10M is bad, it could be great but it's just bad. We're just finding ways to circum navigate through the good parts of it. Like many others, I would love to see the platform rise but I would hate for Microsoft to create a great Surface Phone only to have the whole Surface brand image tainted for running the same bad OS with the same issues. I just can't continue to ignore the obvious. I'm still on the platform but it's clear my next phone will not be on the same platform and based off the direction of things that probably won't even be by choice.

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