Windows Phone: A history

In October 2017 Microsoft announced that Windows Phone would no longer be developed.

This was on the cards for some time, due to poor sales and low adoption, and even despite developer incentives, Microsoft failed to gain the level of developer interest needed to bring its ecosystem to critical mass.

To mark this sad demise of Windows Phone, a very promising and stylish mobile OS which stood out from the crowd, we created a timeline presentation that tracks its development through the years and highlights the features of some of the most key devices along the way.

View it here

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