DITCH your Windows Phone now – Microsoft is about to kill all support for the ill-fated mobiles. From December 10, Microsoft will no longer provide any support for Windows Phones. The main downside will be that you’ll no longer receive security updates. So hackers who find ways to crack into your phone will be free […]
DITCH your Windows Phone now – Microsoft is about to kill all support for the ill-fated mobiles.
From December 10, Microsoft will no longer provide any support for Windows Phones.
The main downside will be that you’ll no longer receive security updates.
So hackers who find ways to crack into your phone will be free to do so – with zero sympathy from Microsoft.
This means it’s very dangerous to keep using a Window Phone, at least from a cyber-security perspective.
You also won’t receive any new features or changes to improve your handset.
And the software won’t be updated, so apps that currently work on your phone will probably eventually stop working.
WhatsApp is already preparing to kill support for Windows Phones.
This is the final nail in the coffin of Windows Phone, a failed project that has been running for years.
Microsoft was reportedly working on Windows Phone as early as 2004, with a view to release the software in 2009.
After a short delay, Windows Phone launched in October 2010, with the software’s final release made available in April 2014.
The software was then replaced by Windows 10 Mobile in 2015, which was Microsoft’s last-ditch effort to get the platform off the ground.
But this also failed, and in October 2017 Microsoft announced that the software would be slowly killed off.
Then in January 2019, Microsoft confirmed that all support for Windows 10 Mobile would finish towards the end of the year.
In fact, Microsoft actually recommended that Windows 10 Mobile users abandon their handsets and buy iPhones or Android phones instead.
Microsoft struggled to sell Windows Phones in any meaningful numbers.
And when customers and gadget reviewers did obtain handsets, they were often unimpressed.
The software was clunky, there was a disastrous lack of apps, and the phones generally paled in comparison to rival iPhones or Android handsets.
Windows 10 Mobile formal ‘end date’ is December 10, 2019 – when the service is shuttered for good.
In other news, Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch two Xbox consoles in 2020.
A recent PS5 “leak” gives us an early look at the console and controller ahead of its 2020 release.
Sony’s PS5 has been tipped to cost over £450.
And find out why both the PS5 and Xbox 2 could be the last consoles you ever own.
Have you ever owned a Windows phone? Tell us your verdict in the comments!
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