atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Windows phones were a good product with a UI problem. They could have changed up the UI and been fine. Instead they let Apple and Google and Huawei, LG, Motorola, and every other phone company eat their lunch. They gave up with a token resistance.
0ops@piefed.zip 4 days ago
I never owned one, but I thought the main issue was the barren app ecosystem? Everyone I talked to that had one really liked the ui
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I have an Android phone with a launcher that imitates the Windows Phone UI. It was excellent.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It may depend on the iteration you had. I remember very clearly that the touch interface was pretty good for a resistive touch screen, but I found icons and the interface to be made for ants and that was back when I had better than 20/20 vision. I also do remember that apps were pretty sparse.
I think the interface was better than Palms interface and Blackberry’s but the iPhone in particular had a better easier to navigate UI, and android (even though they took a little bit to catch up), also generally had a better interface.
I feel like if you were a windows user it was fine. Other than that it just wasn’t that great. But they didn’t even try to compete once they got actual competition.