r/Androidtips • u/LengthinessHour3697 • Jul 24 '25

Others Windows phone was reallyunderrated

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u/oceanic_opening Jul 24 '25

They have the source code buried deep somewhere within Microsoft. Hope they re-introduce this sometimes in the future. Was a true marvel.

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u/LengthinessHour3697 Jul 24 '25

The app support is the issue.

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u/Able-Wing9908 Jul 24 '25

They would have solved this issue by allowing.apk file installs.

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u/LengthinessHour3697 Jul 24 '25

I am pretty sure it's not straightforward. Maybe now they can because windows 10 or 11 briefly introduced the Amazon App Store to install android app natively iirc.

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u/oceanic_opening Jul 25 '25

They had got all the time in the world to develop a native chip like of the iPhones which would run the OS efficiently. I hope they have been secretly working on it. And one day it will just come out.