Re:Android Killed Windows Phone, Not Apple
by WorldMaker on Monday July 24, 2017 @12:32PM
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I'm a weird optimist, but I don't see Windows 10 on mobile devices "dying", even if it is in a zombie state, precisely for these reasons that they've been making a lot of the right moves. With Windows 10 on mobile just being another SKU of mainline Windows now and with Windows 10 S being a very similar SKU, it doesn't make sense for Microsoft to "kill" anything so long as there are devices that want to run it.
So too with x86 on ARM emulation there's a bridge for that gap that "ARM Windows is not real Windows" now.
I expect Microsoft will continue to make plays in the space for Windows 10 on mobile/pocket PCs, especially when the timing is right (the right hardware combo, perhaps; or more of the mobile-intended "Redstone" features finish out, maybe).
So too with x86 on ARM emulation there's a bridge for that gap that "ARM Windows is not real Windows" now.
I expect Microsoft will continue to make plays in the space for Windows 10 on mobile/pocket PCs, especially when the timing is right (the right hardware combo, perhaps; or more of the mobile-intended "Redstone" features finish out, maybe).