“I wish Microsoft was more like Apple, ” says one user
Belfiore announced on July 29 that Apple’s iPhone can be linked with Windows 10 PCs using a dedicated app that’s also available on Android, but since no word about Windows 10 Mobile has been said, it was just a matter of time until hardcore Windows Phone fans reacted.
“Hey Joe! Why promoting iPhones so much lately? Have you forgotten Windows Phones or are the rumors true that they are dead?” @Coppertop004 asked shortly after Joe Belfiore posted his tweet.
From this point on, most of the users called for Microsoft to abandon the iPhone, focus more on its own mobile platform, and at least provide some clarification on its mobile plans.
“Wish MS was more like Apple showing love for their product. To not believe in yourself is SAD but that’s what MS is doing. Sell outs, ” @auggybendoggy posted. “Unbelievable. A company that prides itself on screwing its own customer base. Then, it turns to social media to continue the insults, ” @EugeneFellsnick added.
And it gets worse. On the other hand, neither Joe Belfiore nor another Microsoft employee joined the conversation, letting the criticism go wild in the thread.
“Why can’t one Microsoft employee give us a definite answer on the future of WP. Do we wait or move on? Joe this isn’t fair!” @damolee73 wrote. “Shame on Windows 10 Mobile, shame on Microsoft’s iphone fan-employees, shame on LinkedIn web wrapper, shame on current Lumia950/XL users, ” @smallseabream continued.
At first glance, it’s not the iPhone focus the one that angers Windows Phone fans the most, but the uncertainty that affects Microsoft’s mobile platform, as the software giant has remained completely tight-lipped on the future of its smartphone efforts.
With rumors about the death of the Lumia brand and Windows 10 Mobile operating system swirling around the web, fans clearly want an answer, but up to this point, Microsoft has only dropped small hints that a possible overhaul could be coming.
UPDATE: Joe Belfiore responded to the avalanche of tweets criticism the company’s focus on rival products, saying that “at MS, we don’ t think of iPhone as just ‘competitor.’ We have hundreds of millions of iPhone-carrying customers. We aim to support them.”
