And while the prospect of a future Windows phone remains extremely unlikely, when it comes to the shifting, cutthroat phone world, this upcoming Microsoft Android phone suggests that really, anything could happen.

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Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Microsoft isn't making another Windows phone for one simple reason Going all in with Android on its dual-screen phone for is a play some Microsoft-watchers think is long overdue.

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Unlocked from. Shopping for your business? Back Continue to ATT. The absence of many IoT or personal banking or payment applications is well known, but even stalwarts like Netflix something which our family relies on have been flakey under W10M for the last few years and I can see the platform being dropped from Netflix official support long before In the same app genre, again as a data point, there's still no Amazon Prime Video client, the BBC iPlayer 'app' is now just a web experience, and the cutting edge nature of streaming video and DRM means that the situation will only get worse as time goes on.

Still, Windows 10 Mobile is all about productivity, eh? True, but decent entertainment would also be nice. And the games scene under Windows 10 Mobile remains a pale or late shadow of what's on iOS or Android.

Even productivity isn't a given for that long, in terms of collaboration with others. Microsoft Teams has now effectively been axed for W10M , while Slack is a pale shadow of its client on other platform and is based on middleware.

Third party applications offer viewing of Google Documents, but there's no way to do collaborative editing. In summary, most - but not all - of what you have today under Windows 10 Mobile will still work in , but you shouldn't expect much in terms of updates or improvements.

All of the above notwithstanding, however you or I choose to navigate the world of sometimes failing services, there's a bigger issue here that needs acknowledging and it's not software-related.

Microsoft stopped manufacturing Lumia phones mid and so any Lumia or range handsets are already at least two years old as I write this.

By , the hardware will be five years old and falling apart, even with careful use. The most recent hardware is the Wileyfox Pro, low end but flexible, and this is very much still sold , though I expect this to be out of stock by the end of In the Android or iOS worlds, there's a never ending supply of new hardware.

If you can't re-buy or get repaired what you already have, in the event of failure, then you buy a newer model, there are always options.

But the options run out with Windows 10 Mobile hardware. It's already almost impossible to get a Lumia repaired or to buy an official spare battery and it's only going to get harder.

Take a Lumia say to a phone repair shop in and they'll look at you as if it's from another planet. Not a lot else has been said about this phone, but we might see it showcased in October Nokia is looking to add another affordable 5G phone to its selection and it's rumoured that this phone will use with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G hardware or MediaTek Dimensity.

Nokia has confirmed it's working on more affordable 5G device and that there will be devices on this new Qualcomm hardware in the future. Rumours of a new flagship have been circulating for well over a year, with no sign of the elusive handset.

There was the suggestion that Nokia would be holding an event in November to launch new devices however, and the Nokia 9. We now suspect there will be a February update.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 could take Samsung in a slightly cheaper direction with an interested inegrated camera housing in the top corner of the rear.

Rumours are suggesting a January of February launch. Samsung's next-gen of smartphones are already seeing numerous leaks.

We're expecting a February launch, we're expecting the Ultra to keep the big battery and big megapixel cameras and we're expecting next-gen 5nm processors from Exynos.

A design with huge rear camera housing as recently leaked, showing off a fresh new design. LG is said to be preparing a future flagship phone launch, which is expect in Q1 Little has been said about what to expect, but the general feeling is that it's going to be based on the V series of devices.

OnePlus has been fairly regular in launching its devices and spring would be when we'd expect to see the OnePlus 9. It's thought that LG will be launching an update the Velvet - the Velvet 2.

It's expected around March on updated Snapdragon series hardware - probably to be announced at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit.

Little else is known about the phone, but we expect it to be an incremental update.

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