Journalists Paul Thurrot and Mary Jo Foley in their Twitter accounts, announced that Microsoft recognized that the Lumia line has ended. And with it Windows 10 Mobile. The statement they were accompanied by insider information.
“Care Microsoft in the phone business expected to be completed by the end of the current fiscal year. This is the end of June, by the way,” wrote Turret.
“Yes. Senior Manager of Microsoft investor relations Chris su just told me that now almost no revenue in the segment of phones,” agreed Foley.
As a confirmation of the information about the death of Windows 10 Mobile, analysts say including the quarterly report of Microsoft. Experts believe from the differences between past and current reports. Previous included a paragraph on Windows Phone with Bing, Windows Store and Windows Server. In the present report the item missing — as any mention of Windows 10 Mobile. The journalists became the trigger for the press publications about the “murder” of mobile business to Microsoft.
According to analysts, despite initial plans to produce smartphones in three segments – cheap, the flagship and business model – now we are talking about a different approach to the market. There were rumors that Redmond will lead the development of the flagship phone Surface Phone with support for Windows 10, but the appropriateness of release of the device is questionable.
Smartphones running Windows is dead and Microsoft is well aware of, lacks only official confirmation. Popular services have long abandoned support for their applications for Windows 10 Mobile or has ceased to update them. Viber messenger, for example, publicly announced their refusal to support Windows 10 Mobile, while others, including the social network “Vkontakte”, said that the platform has ceased to be a priority.
The smartphones from the Lumia series held on the Windows platform for more than 95% of the market. That is why the formal end of their sales will mean the death of the entire platform. Analysts warn that buying smartphones on Windows 10 Mobile is not necessary, because the operating system will soon cease to support it.
