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If WP's situation does not change in the future, would Microsoft keep it going? Is it worth something just to have their foot in the mobile door? After 3 years on the market WP has around 5% market share and has not made a profit. If say in 2 years from now the situation is similar, does Microsoft slam the door, or do they stay with it for whatever it's worth?
On occasion.
What I find irksome about analysts is they are paid (a lot) to think about things, then make assumptions about what they see in front of them. Their thoughts then get pushed round to the world and his wife. These thoughts then affect stock prices and by extension shareholders and onto the general public. There isn't any facts or hard truths all they do is predict what they think is going to happen and the populous reacts to them. 9 times out of 10 they are wrong. Yet they still get paid and still come back for more analysis.
In my eyes they are just as useful as a weatherman. 9 times out of 10 they are wrong as well.
Also, the Kin was some dumb, little, niche phone built for early teens. The way people concentrate on it, you'd think it was Microsoft's vision for their mobile future. It's amazing just how ignorant the tech world can be of such an unimportant product that was never supposed to turn into a whole ecosystem.
TL;DR. Just another windbag blogger pundit.
I really have to question cereal killer's motivations in finding this article and posting it here. 3300 global posts? 13 posts here? A Droid in your profile? Not looking to spread FUD, now, are you?
If WP's situation does not change in the future, would Microsoft keep it going? Is it worth something just to have their foot in the mobile door? After 3 years on the market WP has around 5% market share and has not made a profit. If say in 2 years from now the situation is similar, does Microsoft slam the door, or do they stay with it for whatever it's worth?
Nokia, and with them effectively gone as a smartphone brand will people still be interested in WP devices?
Because people are going to suddenly forget that the phones Microsoft is putting out effectively ARE Nokias? Designed by the same people, built in the same factories, probably even using the same Lumia name?
Something happened: I predicted it.
Something happened: I predicted it a long time ago.
Something else happened: I predicted that too
Something futher?: Well they all predicted it, but I predicted it the best.
Winner of the Own-trumpet blowing award for 2013: I predicted that mother also.
Yawn..
he loves to brag around, but that still doesn't make his statements wrong...
Because people are going to suddenly forget that the phones Microsoft is putting out effectively ARE Nokias? Designed by the same people, built in the same factories, probably even using the same Lumia name?
And the reason for that WP growth? Nokia, and with them effectively gone as a smartphone brand will people still be interested in WP devices? Is Microsoft's name well regarded enough to attract the same growth?
losing a known and high profile name like Nokia is bound to have an effect
I have news for you, man... Nokia is neither known nor high-profile anymore. When I got my first 920, my friends were shocked that Nokia was still making phones. And my friends aren't clueless n00bs, either.