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		bluedino on July 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs >> I'd feel sorry if I was a Nokia guy there, they pulled out the best non-Apple phone hardware in the last years. They have almost no marketshare in the US. So is it really the best non-Apple hardware, or does being the best not really even matter?

ladzoppelin on July 17, 2014 [–]

That could be changing and the US is not the only market that matters. There is a reason Google, Tinder and other companies deny perfectly working apps on the Windows ecosystem and its not because Windows phone is irrelevant.

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