Windows Phone Holding Steady

[SteelCrysis]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-p...1371.shtml

New comScore data comparing January 2016 market share figures with those in October 2015 reveal that Windows Phone has the exact share of smartphone subscribers, remaining very close to the 3 percent threshold that seems to define the platform these days.

Specifically, Windows Phone is currently at 2.7 percent in the United States, comScore says, which is the same market share that Microsoft had in October 2015. Android and iOS had similar performance too, with the first currently at 52.8 percent (down just 0.1 percent), while the latter grew 0.3 percent to 43.6 percent.

What’s a little bit more worrying, however, is that many of the most popular smartphone apps right now are not available on Windows Phone, which once again brings the lack of apps issue on the platform in the spotlight.

According to comScore, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, YouTube, and several other Google apps are among the top apps for smartphone users in the US, and many of these do not exist on Windows Phone. And the chances are that they’ll never do, especially given the fact that Google has expressed absolutely no intention regarding Windows Phone versions of its apps.

There were some rumors that Google could change its mind with the arrival of Windows 10 Mobile, but it appears that this isn’t the case and Microsoft users must stick with alternatives for the time being.

On the good side, Windows Phone appears to live on despite the criticism and that’s definitely a good thing, especially because the arrival of Windows 10 Mobile is expected to be a breath of fresh air for the platform and help increase the market share. For the moment, however, nobody can tell for sure when Windows 10 Mobile is expected to launch.

[SickBeast]

Hey Steel, I just want to take the opportunity to thank you for all the links you have been adding to the forum. I have found several of them very interesting.

As for this one, I think Windows Phone is dead. I don't think there's room for another smartphone OS. Even Blackberry has ditched their proprietary system for Android.

[SteelCrysis]

You're welcome. I myself don't see Windows Phone expanding.

[happy medium]

As a proud owner of a Lumia 1520 with windows 10, I must say its a great phone with a great operating system.
I've tried the Samsung S6 edge, Samsung Note 4 , and the IPhone 6 and my phone is every bit as good and over 2 years old.

It just needs some bank apps, it has most others I would commonly use.

With the release of the new Surface Phones in a few months, the way these phones integrate with your desktop,laptop,and tablets, I fully expect windows Phones to take off.

[RolloTheGreat]

As a proud owner of a Lumia 1520 with windows 10, I must say its a great phone with a great operating system.
I've tried the Samsung S6 edge, Samsung Note 4 , and the IPhone 6 and my phone is every bit as good and over 2 years old.

It just needs some bank apps, it has most others I would commonly use.

With the release of the new Surface Phones in a few months, the way these phones integrate with your desktop,laptop,and tablets, I fully expect windows Phones to take off.

If they had an app library and good phone I'd be all over a Windows phone. Not like I want to know multiple OSs.

[BoFox]

As a proud owner of a Lumia 1520 with windows 10, I must say its a great phone with a great operating system.
I've tried the Samsung S6 edge, Samsung Note 4 , and the IPhone 6 and my phone is every bit as good and over 2 years old.

It just needs some bank apps, it has most others I would commonly use.

With the release of the new Surface Phones in a few months, the way these phones integrate with your desktop,laptop,and tablets, I fully expect windows Phones to take off.

Does it allow for back/forward navigation with finger swiping?!?  After I upgraded my 17" touchscreen laptop to Win10, I figured that the browsers no longer allowed for back/forward touch swiping on either the touchscreen or the touchpad (no matter what settings I used in the Synaptic drivers or Windows control panel)...  I couldn't stand Windows 8, but the metro-style IE supported browser swipe navigation with just 1 finger rather than 3 fingers like the Asus touchpad drivers (no longer supported in Win10 as well)!??  It's a hassle having to touch/click on the tiny back button (or press Alt + Left/Right ).  

WTF is M$ thinking, removing this Windows 8 function?!?  Is M$ deliberately trying to stay behind Android and IOS?!

[happy medium]

As a proud owner of a Lumia 1520 with windows 10, I must say its a great phone with a great operating system.
I've tried the Samsung S6 edge, Samsung Note 4 , and the IPhone 6 and my phone is every bit as good and over 2 years old.

It just needs some bank apps, it has most others I would commonly use.

With the release of the new Surface Phones in a few months, the way these phones integrate with your desktop,laptop,and tablets, I fully expect windows Phones to take off.

Does it allow for back/forward navigation with finger swiping?!?  After I upgraded my 17" touchscreen laptop to Win10, I figured that the browsers no longer allowed for back/forward touch swiping on either the touchscreen or the touchpad (no matter what settings I used in the Synaptic drivers or Windows control panel)...  I couldn't stand Windows 8, but the metro-style IE supported browser swipe navigation with just 1 finger rather than 3 fingers like the Asus touchpad drivers (no longer supported in Win10 as well)!??  It's a hassle having to touch/click on the tiny back button (or press Alt + Left/Right ).  

WTF is M$ thinking, removing this Windows 8 function?!?  Is M$ deliberately trying to stay behind Android and IOS?!

Just tried it and it doesent! It did with 8.1. I hope they bring it back with a update.
I'm usually the type of guy that says "if it isn't broke leave it alone" but my tablet, desktop and laptop were windows 10 so I just did the upgrade for my phone.