You info is woefully out of date, Windows Phone is nothing like the old Windows Mobile. It is fantastic in every regard except a persistent gap in the number of applications compared to iPhone and Android. Unlike Windows, it has a very vocal crowd of users that switched to it from Apple/android and love it.
It remains to be seen what the Windows 10 Phone will be like, though. I worry that a lot of what made Windows Phone so good (very efficient,, great UI, and fast updates due to a solid code base) will get lost. The reason Microsoft is doing this is an attempt to address the app gap. Developers will be able to write one app that can be compiled tomgenerate apps that run on both desktop windows and phone.
I have a 930 and I love it. I don’t mind the gap in apps, because 90% of apps are just rap.
My concern is whether Microsoft is in it no matter what, or will they shut the division at some point.
I used a Windows 8 phone in Afghanistan for a year or so. I liked it.
Sorry. I am not willing to take a chance when there are better options.
I have a lot of experience with Windows products and MS’ strength is on the PC.
Also, trying to “unify” the applications and the GIU is insane. Certainly, the look and feel will be the same. But the software tends to be a kludge, one size fits all.
I really hated it when Windows switched to the unified GUI. I am of the belief that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Linux did something similar.