WP ≠ Lumia

Since Microsoft officially released WP7, the WP camp has entered a new period of development, and people are full of expectations for this third smartphone system. More than a year later, in 2012, Microsoft officially released WP8.0, and the WP camp has officially entered the Nokia era until now! The Lumia series of WP phones has become synonymous with WP phones.

Of course, this is a special product of a special period, which is well known. However, after 2014, with the changes in the overall environment and the adjustment of Microsoft's WP platform policy, the era of Nokia or Lumia series dominance will gradually fade away. This is an inevitable trend and normal choice for the development of the WP platform.

In April this year, Microsoft officially released the WP8.1 system, which is also the most significant update of the WP system after WP7 and WP8.

Just like the previous two system releases and updates, the arrival of the new WP8.1 system also marks the arrival of a new era. After the WP7 era of flourishing and the WP8 Nokia era, WP will enter another era of flourishing.

You should know that Nokia has sold mobile phone devices and services to Microsoft, more than a dozen new OEMs have been added to the WP camp, the WP platform is free of licensing fees, and Microsoft's "mobile first" policy and other measures have paved the way for the arrival of this era.

Although Microsoft is now a system developer and device manufacturer like Apple, it is unlikely that Microsoft can replicate Apple's success under the current circumstances. Therefore, it can only follow a path of flourishing like Android, but of course, the premise is that it must have its own characteristics.

According to the measures Microsoft has taken in the field of mobile devices, Microsoft will definitely adjust the Lumia series products in the future. On the one hand, it is to cope with the challenges brought by other new WP OEMs, and on the other hand, it is to provide a bigger stage for other new WP OEMs to show their strength. Microsoft should take the high-end route in the Lumia product line, including the general trend of 6-inch or above mobile phones and tablets, after all, WP8.1 supports models above 7 inches.

Therefore, in the coming period, as new OEMs in the WP camp gradually launch new WP phones, Microsoft will also make necessary adjustments to the Lumia product line. The dominance of the Lumia series will soon be broken, the Nokia era will come to an end, and the WP platform will usher in an era of flourishing.

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