Apple Explained. Why The Windows Phone Failed. Posted: January 19, 2025 | Last updated: January 19, 2025. In 2006, just one year before iPhone, the company that dominated the smartphone market was ...

Despite the launch of Windows 10 for mobile devices, the market share of Windows Phones shrank from 3% in Q3 of 2014 to 1.7% of all smartphone shipments during the third quarter, according to Gartner.

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This week Microsoft announced the end of Windows 10 Mobile, which prompted me to look back at its short life and reflect on both why it failed and how it could have easily succeeded.

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Worldwide smartphone sales increased by nearly 4 percent in the recent quarter, but Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS failed to capitalize on the growth and dropped below 1 percent market share.

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Microsoft is reportedly developing a smartphone version of its Surface tablets called the "Surface Phone," according to insider sources cited by Windows Central. Surface VP Panos Panay and his ...