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RIP Windows phones: New Windows 10 Mobile hardware and features ‘aren’t the focus’

indows phones are really, truly dead. This weekend, Microsoft’s VP of operating systems confirmed the writing on the wall. “Of course we’ll continue to support the platform [with] bug fixes, security updates, etc.,” Joe Belfiore , in response to a conversation sparked by a user asking whether it’s time to move on from the Windows Mobile

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