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The tiles UI was simply not good.

The phones themselves were very good. I have a functional Windows phone in a drawer, that I sometimes charge (and it still works!), but after playing with the tile UI for few minutes... eww

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Absolutely LOVED the tiles UI and so did everyone I know that gave Windows phone a shot. By far the best mobile experience I've had outside of a few apps I wanted missing. I really miss the OS. I think in general though the other commenters were correct that there was already too much market share coming from iOS and Android.

Agreed, for what we had in 2012, it was absolutely wonderful UI.

Also agree. Windows Phone 8.1 and 10 were great smartphone interfaces.

Would have been great if it had apps, too.

As an absolute harbinger customer, I wholeheartedly agree. I also think iPhone Air doesn't look so bad.

I absolutely loved the tiles interface and held onto my Windows phone for as long as I could. I eventually had to switch to Android when apps I depended stopped working on Windows phone.

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