Comment by dpark

> It tried to copy the iPhone when it should have tried to copy its own strategy on PC, which is creating a OS and letting other companies build Windows Phones.

We tried this. Manufacturers weren’t very interested because the users weren’t. Samsung and HTC and others made windows phones and they stopped investing because they didn’t sell well enough.

The Nokia purchase was a reaction to the reality that no one else was going to build Windows phones in the future.

Disclosure: Microsoft employee (not involved in phone or OS)