Let me be upfront for those who think this analysis may be biased (and who think about sending me hate mail). I am not anti-Microsoft. But I have to call things as I see them. And let’s be honest — Microsoft’s effort in the phone space is a disaster (although it is doing good things in the Surface product lines).

It never should have bought Nokia’s phone unit to begin with (thank Stephen Elop’s influence on Ballmer for that mistake). Shutting it down was a smart move by Satya Nadella (and the majority of his decisions so far have impressed me). But continuing to invest in the phone side in either hardware or OS makes no sense, even with Microsoft’s impressive resources.

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