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Windows Phone dies today

Posted on July 11, 2017 by HeyJK

Microsoft is killing off Windows Phone 8.1 support today, more than three years after the company first introduced the update. The end of support marks an end to the Windows Phone era, and the millions of devices still running the operating system.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/11/15952654/microsoft-windows-phone-end-of-support

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