Here are the real reasons Windows Phone failed, reveals ex-Nokia engineer
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There are a ton of reasons why Microsoft lost the battle for mobile, including its approach to licensing Windows Phone, partners like Samsung not launching cutting-edge Windows Phone handsets, and Microsoft’s failure to attract app developers.

But now one former Nokia engineer, who was based in Nokia’s Boston offices at the time of Microsoft’s acquisition, has shared the main reasons he believes Windows Phone failed.

“There are many well known factors that caused WP’s demise, none of them alone took it down, but here are the ones that stood out most to me,” the engineer wrote in the Reddit post.

While Microsoft’s failure to create Android would become Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ biggest regret, the engineer believes Microsoft underestimated Google and the value of services like Gmail, search, and Maps on mobile. Google in 2012 stopped funding efforts to make its apps for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.

No more new features, no more hardware — the head of Microsoft’s Windows division says Windows 10 Mobile will no longer be “a focus” for the company.
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by Claire Reilly

It’s time to say goodbye for real this time. Windows Phone’s death has been slow and painful, but, as CNET spotted, the head of Microsoft’s Windows division finally admitted you shouldn’t expect anything more when it comes to Windows Phone.

Microsoft doesn’t plan to let existing Windows Phone users down — there will be security updates. But don’t expect anything new.