Overtaken by the arrival of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android system, Microsoft has never managed to prevail in the smartphone market. In an interview with Business Insider, the group’s head, Satya Nadella, once again spoke about the disappointments he has regarding the mobile sector.
Windows Phones have never convinced
The current boss is the third to regret the telephone market. In 2019, Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, lamented the defeat of his group against Google’s Android ecosystem, recalls The Verge.
Back in 2010, Windows launched its famous operating system for phones. But Windows Phone failed to convince. Arriving in 2010, they were already three years behind Android or the first iPhone. Abandoned in 2019, the technology is one of the high-tech flops of the 2010s.
But long before him, Steve Ballmer admitted his mistakes in 2013. He then said that he regretted not having focused on mobile phones in the early 2000s. At that time, the company focused almost entirely on the development of Windows Vista . So much so that there was no talent available to look at how to revolutionize the phone.
Source: BFM TV
