There is actually one more major contributing factor to Windows Phone’s demise. It is that Microsoft‘s product cycle was too long to timely deliver new features and acting on mobile trends when consumers wanted them.

Eric S. Raymond wrote about this six years ago, and correctly forecasted that Android would outrun all competitors in that regard, http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=2975

At some point, Nokia executive Bryan Biniak even publicly expressed their frustration about Microsoft in an Interview with International Business Times.

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