Chime in: Was Nokia's phone business doomed without Microsoft's buyout?

[Windows Central]

In 2014, Microsoft purchased Nokia's phone division for $7.2 billion dollars. Four years on, how do you feel about the results (or lackthereof)?
Back in 2014, Microsoft picked up Nokia's entire phone business for $7.2 billion dollars. The future for Windows Phone seemed optimistic, Lumia handsets were selling well in some markets, in some cases, even beating iPhone, but the entire venture was eventually written off as a failure just a few years latere. Lumia is rapidly becoming a memory, as Windows 10 Mobile as we know it approaches the end of its life.
Four years since the buyout, we're wondering how you feel about it.

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