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Drael646464 bb10, yeah its a bit sad no doubt. Especially for classic and passport owners! But windows, well there you are in luck then.
There are new windows mobile devices without doubt, and the OS receives its most major update ever this year, Redstone 3 & win32 on ARM (late 2017), preceded by a more minor UI update the Creators update.
They announced and demo'd win32 on ARM dec 2016. Creators update has been in the insider program, includes updates like folders on the tiles screen.
There are also strong signals windows 10 mobile will also be coming to the x86 architecture, which of course would also have win32 capability I assume, like a tablet.
The exact details are blurry on redstone 3. exact dates of releases (some of the above are leaks) but major things are afoot, win32 is coming. I would hold off on buying a phone will win32 on arm is released.
Microsoft is changing gears on its mobile strategy, and that's going to leave some peoples devices behind. Within a year, everything should be clear. Either way, if you like windows 10 on a phone, you can take some consolation in that. It's not going anywhere. It's changing form.