WindowsPhone, the Disillusionment of Myth

Microsoft, a mythical enterprise, occupies most of the market share of PC-side operating system with its overwhelming advantage. Since it's so awesome, why can't I do anything on the mobile phone operating system?

In fact, Microsoft also has its own mobile operating system, Windows Phone. This is a strong alliance with Nokia, the dominant player in the mobile phone industry at that time. Like a nuclear bomb, it instantly made waves in the field of smart phones, with perfect feel and powerful functions, including a series of avant-garde operating experiences such as silky operation, desktop customization, icon dragging and sliding control, and it is still an unforgettable tile. Its home screen displays new emails, text messages, missed calls, calendar appointments, etc. By providing a dashboard-like experience. Information is updated all the time, breaking the gap between people and information and applications, and providing the best end-to-end experience suitable for all aspects of people's complete lives, including work and entertainment (especially: Android and IOS mainly present applications, while Windows Phone interface emphasizes information itself). But what is embarrassing is that it has withdrawn from the market in just a few years. What is the reason? Let's tidy up together

Let's take a look at how Windows Phone came into being.

There is a system in the Windows family called Windows CE, which is the foundation of Microsoft's embedded and mobile computing platform. It is an open and scalable 32-bit embedded operating system, but it is actually a simplified Windows 95. Released in 0996 1.0, 20 10 was upgraded to 7.0. WinCE is the kernel of Windows Phone. 20 10 10, Microsoft officially released the first version of Windows Phone smartphone operating system, referred to as WP7. At that time, mobile phone manufacturers equipped with WP7 system included Nokia, Samsung and HTC. I was deeply impressed by Nokia's Lumia 800. In this way, Windows Phone came.

Then how did he disappear from public view? The reason lies in ecology.

2065438+On June 2, 20021day, Microsoft released the winCE kernel Windows Phone 8, which was abandoned by Windows Phone 8. It used the same streamlined and optimized mobile platform NT kernel as Windows 8. However, due to changes in the kernel, the old Windows Phone cannot be upgraded to the new version. As a consumer, I can't help being embarrassed. It's only been more than a year, and the mobile phone system cannot be upgraded. This kind of thing is unacceptable now. Not only consumers can't understand it, but also software developers can't understand it. The software developed before has to be redeveloped? And maintain two versions in the future? The enthusiasm of consumers and developers has been doused.

This is the stupidest decision made by Microsoft. It abandoned the users of Windows Phone 7, announced that Windows Phone 7 could not be upgraded to Windows Phone 8, and did not give any compensation to the old users of Windows Phone 7. This stage happened to be in the outbreak period of Android, which led some developers, consumers and manufacturers to give up the Windows Phone platform. At the same time, Microsoft's high licensing fees, more and more single brands, do not pay attention to user feedback, and have less interaction with users. In this way, more and more users are lost, and the ecological development is getting slower and slower, gradually forming a situation in which IOS and Android are divided into the world. Windows Phone is completely out.

Windows Phone stopped updating after updating to version 8. 1 On February 20th, 20 18, Microsoft closed the notification push service of Windows Phone. 20 18 10 3 1, the software store of Windows Phone will no longer accept the submission of new software. In this way, Windows Phone disappeared. ...

Judging from the failure experience of Windows Phone, ecology is a key factor for the development and growth of a system. If Microsoft can be meticulous, push forward slowly, increase funds and energy to cultivate health, maybe we can still see the flip of Microsoft tiles now. The lesson of Microsoft's failure deserves all latecomers' vigilance.

The above is my own personal opinion. If you have different opinions, you can discuss them in the comments section.