This is the first time I heard Windows phone being called bug-ridden. It was an awesome phone OS. It did not have many apps but the platform was solid. I still miss the way copy and paste worked.
Once upon a time I was a Windows Phone developer, and I can confirm that it was monstrously difficult to write stable software for that platform. Many documented APIs just didn't adhere to their contracts, and you'd only learn by trial-and-error or, if you were lucky, by tracking down the Microsoft employee who wrote the API you were working with.
As much as I loved the UX and rooted for the platform, the apps were just bad. Even first-party apps were depressingly crashy.
This was circa Windows Phone 8; maybe it improved with subsequent releases.
As much as I loved the UX and rooted for the platform, the apps were just bad. Even first-party apps were depressingly crashy.
This was circa Windows Phone 8; maybe it improved with subsequent releases.