Microsoft hasn’t officially pulled the plug on Windows Phone hardware yet, but things aren’t looking particularly good: during the company’s second-quarter earnings call Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood went over the revenue generated by different parts of the company. When it came to Windows Phone devices she said to expect a decline due to “negligible revenue from Phone.”
And by negligible, she means revenue was down $730 million from the same period in 2016… and Neowin points out that means the company probably made just about $5 million from Microsoft-branded phone sales between Jan 1st and March 31st, 2017.
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I guest, having low revenue is better than no revenue which caused a loss of earnings where they spent more money making and advertising Windows phones, and earn less money from selling phones.
I wonder if some of the remaining people who choose to buy a Windows Phone in 2017 thought they can run desktop PC programs like Photoshop on their Windows phone, so they bought a Windows Phone instead of a iPhone or Google Android smartphone which has more apps.
And by negligible, she means revenue was down $730 million from the same period in 2016… and Neowin points out that means the company probably made just about $5 million from Microsoft-branded phone sales between Jan 1st and March 31st, 2017.
Read More
I guest, having low revenue is better than no revenue which caused a loss of earnings where they spent more money making and advertising Windows phones, and earn less money from selling phones.
I wonder if some of the remaining people who choose to buy a Windows Phone in 2017 thought they can run desktop PC programs like Photoshop on their Windows phone, so they bought a Windows Phone instead of a iPhone or Google Android smartphone which has more apps.