[toni-a]

Hopefully the IE crap will be replaced on mobile too, when Windows 10 surfaces. Still don't get why one wants a Windows phone though

Internet explorer will be soon outdated, microsoft edge will replace it in windows 10 that will be available starting july 29th, it will also be free update if you have windows 7 or 8

As for windows phone as a very happy user my answer is easy: it can do everything an android or iphone can do while offering

-reliability, I have my lumia since six months, it crashed only once, working smoothly with all my applications

-effective power management : I recharge  battery every other day

-price: for what they can do they cost a fraction of the price of the others

-easy updating my wife updated her phone to windows 8.1 quite easily, I can have now windows 10 as a preview version

-safety: malignant software makers aren't interested in you

-offline nokia maps (the reason I got my first Lumia)

-privacy: I don't like google observing everything I do

-they don't age quickly: my two year old lumia 620 it is not yet outdated and it still works perfectly with modren updates and applications, go check other system old phones how they struggle

besides it is extremely personalisable with a great layout