Pete
Retired Moderator
Ok. stop ranting, start thinking.
We all know that technology sites will stick knives into whatever pig looks like it'll gain readers. Nothing smells like bacon more than declaring something is dead.
The actual situation is really simple, maybe too simple for people to really take in.
Microsoft is cutting back on the number of handsets it'll produce per year/two year cycle. There's going to be a "Value" handset, a "business" handset, and a "Flagship" handset. Having normal and XL versions of these will bring the number to 6. This will curtail the bewildering array of Lumias currently in the range. It'll also allow other manufacturers room to breathe in brining their handsets to market.
The job losses are mostly in Finland and are reactive to the smaller range of handsets.
This is a good thing. Tight, more focussed, better handsets.
We all know that technology sites will stick knives into whatever pig looks like it'll gain readers. Nothing smells like bacon more than declaring something is dead.
The actual situation is really simple, maybe too simple for people to really take in.
Microsoft is cutting back on the number of handsets it'll produce per year/two year cycle. There's going to be a "Value" handset, a "business" handset, and a "Flagship" handset. Having normal and XL versions of these will bring the number to 6. This will curtail the bewildering array of Lumias currently in the range. It'll also allow other manufacturers room to breathe in brining their handsets to market.
The job losses are mostly in Finland and are reactive to the smaller range of handsets.
This is a good thing. Tight, more focussed, better handsets.