14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 Mobile is currently in maintenance mode, with Microsoft saying that no new updates and hardware are planned for the platform, but there still are companies that think they can save the operating system.
One of them is TREKSTOR, the company that recently took to IndieGogo in an attempt to raise the necessary funds to mass-produce the WinPhone 5.0 Windows 10 Mobile device.
TREKSTOR needed 500,000 Euros to make this happen, and unsurprisingly, the campaign failed miserably (via AAWP), with only 11 percent of the goal actually reached. A total of 52,928 Euros were donated by the backers.
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Somewhat surprising is that despite the collapse of Windows phones, TREKSTORE was very confident about its fundraising campaign, saying before its kickoff that it considered mass production of the WinPhone 5.0 as a result of user feedback.
“Originally developed to accompany our B2B Smartagent, the device attracted some press interest during the 2017 IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin,” the company said.
“And the press coverage lead to a large number of inquiries from individuals looking to replace their current Windows Mobile based smartphone, but who were not satisfied with the options available in the consumer market. Some people even suggested to put it on Kickstarter. As TREKSTOR, priding ourselves for listening to our customers, we did just that.”
The project failed, but no word has been said on whether TREKSTOR still plans to build the WinPhone 5.0 using its own funds or a different source of money.
Described as the project that tries to “keep Windows Mobile alike and kicking,” WinPhone 5.0 was supposed to come with a 5.0-inch IPS display covered by Gorilla Glass 3, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 chip paired with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, a 13-megapixel primary camera, Wi-Fi, microSD, and Bluetooth 4.0 support.
Time will tell if another Windows phone can make it to the market given the current state of the platform, but by the looks of things, not even diehard fans are willing to make it happen anymore.
