Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile

Re:Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile by vidarh on Monday October 09, 2017 @11:30AM (#15434661)

Consider that his perception might explain why those numbers are so awful. It's perfectly possible for the phones to be accessible to those kind of numbers of users and still be totally unavailable in the outlets a huge proportion of potential customers would look for them.

E.g. I live in the UK, and I can't remember ever having seen a Windows phone in the stores. I'm sure they're available, because I've seen people use them now and again. But if they were available in the stores I've been in, they were hidden away.

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Re:Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile by emodendroket on Monday October 09, 2017 @12:16PM (#15435125)

You seem to be implying they were much more readily available in the United States, which seems like a stretch.

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Re:Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile by vidarh on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @11:53AM (#15442804)

I didn't imply anything about actual availability at all, but about how perceived availability matters.

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Re:Microsoft gives up on Windows 10 Mobile by emodendroket on Friday October 13, 2017 @10:10AM (#15465803)

To restate my point more clearly, the situation was much the same in the US.

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