Windows 8 gets a lot of flak, but I always remember looking at it and thinking that something in Microsoft's DNA had changed. It seemed a risky design move for an outfit seen as risk-averse.

And I really like the 2017 iPhone SE in my pocket right now, but I loved the Nokia Lumia 920 I owned a few years ago, before a long drive in a torrential downpour destroyed it. The (live) tiles were one of the things I loved; bigger tiles worked better for my stubby fingertips.

I held out for as long as I could in hopes of a Surface Phone being released before finally buying the iPhone. The Duo is a nice bit of hardware, but it's Android, which I have never liked.