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The forgotten Windows Phone feature modern phones still can't match

It's been a decade since Microsoft effectively conceded defeat in the smartphone war, yet the ghost of Windows Phone continues to haunt the industry. Parts of the OS are still alive in the form of ...
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I tried living with a Windows Phone in 2025 and it worked better than I expected

Windows Phone was one of the best mobile operating systems to ever grace our phones. Six years after Microsoft ditched its almost perfect phone OS, I tried using Windows Phone in 2025, and the ...
Digital Trends

Here’s what the Windows Phone would look like in 2024 if Microsoft had never killed it

You probably haven’t thought about Windows phones in a while. After all, why would you? The last Windows Phone handset to be released was the Microsoft Lumia 650 in 2016, so it’s been a good eight ...
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This Smartphone Lets You Use Windows, But Is Far From A New Windows Phone

Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Phone all the way back in 2017, a move that CEO Satya Nadella came to regret years later. Even though some enthusiasts are trying to keep their aging Windows Phone ...
Time

Windows Phone 7.5: Microsoft's Overachieving Underdog

Once upon a time, the name “Windows” stood for something. Several things, actually. It was (and is) the world’s dominant personal computer operating system–a huge, powerful, feature-rich, messy, often ...
Time

Microsoft Paying Developers to Create Windows Phone Apps

Nokia’s Lumia 900 is a beautiful phone. Despite a few flaws, Techland’s own Jared Newman called it “the most noteworthy Windows Phone yet.” I haven’t had time to really get to know it, but a Microsoft ...