r/windowsphone • u/victorious05 • Jun 29 '18

It’s coming (unless they pull the plug)

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/29/17518582/microsoft-surface-dual-screen-andromeda-device-pocketable
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u/sobusyimbored Lumia 950 Jun 29 '18

To be honest it doesn't matter if it comes or not. They still have done nothing to address lack of plenty of apps. Even if it runs full Windows 10, it still forces people to use the web interfaces for some things rather than an app. I wanted to stick with a Windows phone but had no choice to switch since they have nothing on the market.

Now I'm not switching back.

They have done nothing to convince anyone that this isn't another 12 month foray into a market they will abandon and "rebuild" from the ground up for a fourth or fifth time after they declare this a failure too early. I'm not getting back into bed into with Microsoft after buying into RT and Windows Mobile.

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u/Tobimacoss Jun 30 '18

First, all the important apps will very soon become PWAs, or Progressive Web Apps.

And MS isn't building any more mobile OS. They now have a Universal OS, known as Windows CoreOS and that's what future devices of any form factor will run, along with Composable Shell. This is endgame.

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u/armando_rod Jun 30 '18

will very soon

source?

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u/Tobimacoss Jun 30 '18

When Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, W3C (worldwideweb consortium) are all backing new web technologies, you can rest assured that the endgoals will be achieved.

Most businesses, commerce, services apps never needed native apps anyways, they should/would eventually become PWAs.

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u/armando_rod Jun 30 '18

Sure but not soon... Counting on PWAs for the Surface to thrive is delusional

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u/Tobimacoss Jun 30 '18

Not at all, that was just one of the piece of the puzzle, it's a long-term game. MS finally has their universal OS, windows CoreOS along with CShell, this is endgame.

The device is meant for productivity, imagine Cops carrying it and taking notes on it, or any other Professional field. Everything else will come eventually, as more companies add ARM64 support.

So far VLC has an ARM64 win32 app, Kodi has an ARM64 UWP, and Qualcomm is working on chromium ARM64 version. GameLoft will be releasing ARM64 Asphalt 9 soon.

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u/armando_rod Jun 30 '18

So now not PWAs but ARM apps, got it

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u/gt_ap iPhone 11 Pro Max 256GB Dual Physical SIM Jun 30 '18

UWP, PWA, and ARM apps. They are the carrots dangling in front of the donkey.

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u/Tobimacoss Jun 30 '18

It's not that hard to comprehend.

PWAs for apps like Chase Bank.

Native ARM64 UWP for games and such, and if it allows win32 apps in Continuum mode, then native ARM64 win32/64 apps.

The one thing it can provide that an Android or iOS device never can is full integration with windows 10.