14 DAY TRIAL // Users in the Windows Phone community continue to hope that Microsoft would at some point make its mobile efforts a priority for the company, but in the meantime, everything seems to be going backwards for the platform.
After a growing number of users and developers decided to leave the platform, Coship, one of the companies involved in the Windows phone device manufacturing business, is doubtful that remaining part of this industry is worth it and posted a message on Facebook to express its concerns.
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Coship says that Microsoft itself is less interested in keeping Windows phones alive and that this market is clearly shrinking. Furthermore, Coship confirms that Microsoft is ready to give up on the Lumia brand in the near future - a rumor that we’ve told you about several times and which is likely to become official in December.
“We are a Microsoft Windows phone ODM and have produced a series of Windows 10 mobile smartphones for the markets for the past years. However, as you may know that Microsoft has already stopped the Lumia Windows phone and meanwhile, the Windows phone global market share is shrinking now,” the message posted on Facebook reads.
“Therefore, we are suspecting if we should keep investment on the Windows phone development.What is your idea? How do you think the experienced Windows phone users are still interested in the Windows phone?”
Since Coship isn’t exactly sure that it makes sense to launch a Windows phone now, the company will instead start an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to see how many people would actually be interested in its projects. There’s no estimated date for when this campaign will kick off, but the firm says that it’ll happen this month.
It goes without saying that making Windows phone manufacturers doubtful over their plans to invest in the platform is only Microsoft’s fault, as the company keeps everything secret about its mobile vision. Ironically, Microsoft has said it’s still working with partners “on great new devices,” but more and more partners seem to claim otherwise.