14 DAY TRIAL // The official Windows 10 Mobile upgrade version for Windows Phone devices was supposed to land on February 29, as Microsoft Mexico itself promised, but just like expected, nothing actually happened yesterday, and the new operating system is still nowhere to be found.
What’s more, Microsoft continues to remain completely tight-lipped on the release of Windows 10 Mobile, despite the fact that it’s pretty obvious that the secrecy surrounding the smartphone platform is actually hurting its market share.
Many users are getting tired of waiting and instead decide to jump ship and abandon the platform, which is clearly the worst thing that could happen to Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile right now.
According to the latest market share statistics provided by Gartner, Windows Phone was powering just 1.1 percent of the mobile phones around the world, down from the 3 percent threshold that the platform was holding for so long.
Apple-like secrecy that’s hurting Windows Phone
The problem with Windows 10 Mobile isn’t necessarily the time needed to complete development of the platform, but the fact that Microsoft provides only vague details that create more uncertainty for the community.
The only thing that Microsoft has said regarding the release date of Windows 10 Mobile is that it should come “in early 2016,” which pretty much means that March is the last month when it could launch - although the “early” term is so vague that it could also represent April too.
Furthermore, various Microsoft accounts are leaking information on Windows 10 Mobile every once in a while, and since pretty much everything is inaccurate right now, this is also hurting the platform. Microsoft originally said through some Facebook accounts of the Lumia team that Windows 10 Mobile would launch in December. It didn’t happen, though, so more recently, Microsoft Mexico revealed on Facebook that the new launch date was February 29.
With March already here, it’s very clear that Microsoft is running out of time, not to mention that it’s also embracing the wrong Apple-like secrecy that’s completely wrong in a time when the company pledges full transparency.
Whether Windows 10 Mobile could launch this month or not still remains to be seen, but we should trust no one, that’s for sure. Not even Microsoft itself.