>I’d kill for a new one, apps be damned. A web browser is sufficient imo

The problem is that the IE version it was stuck with was deprecated, and a lot of sites didn't render on it for shit. After they lobotomized Cortana, it wasn't really useful any longer. Then after the store shut down, my eBook reader app died so I couldn't even use that any longer. Literally the only thing I could use it for was as a phone.