Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake::Satya Nadella wrote off Microsoft’s Nokia phone business acquisition and now says the company’s exit from mobile was a mistake.

  • EnderMB@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Windows Phone was never going to work, but what I would have loved to see is Google Microsoft take on Android and dominate the market. Around that time, Microsoft were putting out some legitimately good hardware, and with some sane choices they could have been in a position now where they released a phone “powered by ChatGPT” and overpowered Google in a market they have been desperate to own for years.