The ‘death of the Lumia’ has been brought up multiple times by both users of Windows phones and non-users. Microsoft’s line-up of Lumia devices has been pretty thin as of late. The newest devices consisting of a low-range, mid-range and 2 flagships (in order):

Lumia 550
Lumia 650
Lumia 950
Lumia 950 XL
Many would argue that those options don’t provide anything special to Windows phones and therefore do not entice people to take a look at the platform. The 950 and 950 XL are the exception here – providing Continuum, a ‘PC in your pocket’.


Now, it appears Microsoft is working to end its Lumia range. According to an employee at the company, who wishes to remain anonymous, the company is preparing to “end sales” of the range this year, December 2016. It does, however, seem a little odd to actually end sales, instead, we believe that Microsoft will be ending production of its Lumia devices. This latest piece of information fits in line with recent actions from the company, where it has permanently cut the prices of many of its Lumia devices over the past few months. This seems to be an effort to sell off remaining stock and coincides with December being the final month since the price cuts have become larger as time has progressed.

Here’s just a snippet of some of the price cuts:

950, 950 XL prices dropped across Europe
Lumia 650 prices cut across the UK and Europe
950 and 950 XL prices cut in the UK
On top of Microsoft cutting prices, some of its retail partners have also, for example, Amazon, who has been regularly offering sales and price cuts on various Lumia devices in different markets.

There’s also been the issue of how Microsoft has been offering its Lumia devices on its Microsoft Store website and in physical stores. Over the past few weeks, several people have stated that the physical Microsoft Stores have been moving their Windows phone collections into smaller areas and out of the way from customers. For its website, the company removed the link to its Lumia range from its homepage in the US, while subsequently changing it on its other regional sites from Lumia to Windows phones.

We reached out to Microsoft regarding these findings. The company declined to comment on the ending of its Lumia range, stating only that there’s “nothing to share” at the moment. They suggested keeping an eye on their Microsoft Store page for the latest Windows phones.

As well as the ending of the Lumia range, there’s also the question over what Microsoft has planned next. With Lumia’s looking to be ending in December 2016 and the company already stating that Redstone 2, due in 2017, is focused on Windows 10 Mobile – is it just coincidence the dates are pretty close? There are 2 large updates planned for 2017, presumably early-2017 and then later in the year. The Surface Phone has been a hot topic. Microsoft is rumoured to be holding an event in October 2016, announcing a Surface all-in-one, however, some speculate that it is likely they’ll announce other devices, while others believe the rest of its upcoming devices will be announced early-2017. Holding an event for only 1 product could seem a little odd, particularly when they announced new Surface products and Windows phones at a press event at the same time previously.

While all this is going on, Microsoft’s Director of Engineering (Windows Fundamentals), Laura Butler, who was recently involved in several Windows Insider planning meetings for Redstone 2, has been very vocal on Twitter recently, specifically mentioning a Surface Phone. While the tweets do not give much in the way of confirmation of the device, it does fuel yet more speculation:
source:WWW.winbeta.org

The price no go still reduce for naija ...

Have you been privileged to use the series with Windows 10os with sleek design


U gon love emmm

Anyone would predict Lumia's death even on its arrival...We knew it hasnt come to stay when if took over the rugged and strong Symbian

celestialAgent:
Have you been privileged to use the series with Windows 10os with sleek design


U gon love emmm

windows 10 on lumia is shit....in fact "shit" is an understatement.
."total crap"..is d word..

Microsoft are confused. They released windows phone 7 , it didn't work. They went to windows phone 8 leaving out windows phone 7 users without an update. Then they went to windows 10 mobile leaving out lots of windows phone 8.1 users without update. And now they are probably going to kill the Lumia line.

greenhulk:
Microsoft are confused. They released windows phone 7 , it didn't work. They went to windows phone 8 leaving out windows phone 7 users without an update. Then they went to windows 10 mobile leaving out lots of windows phone 8.1 users without update. And now they are probably going to kill the Lumia line.

maybe they wanna shift their full focus to producing android phones...

brandon180:

maybe they wanna shift their full focus to producing android phones...

I don't think Microsoft will accept defeat and male android phones.. that's a no no. They will keep trying, maybe the surface phone will do it for them. Their problem is not hardware but software, they should forget about trying to unify windows on mobile with windows on desktop, let them create another OS for mobile just like Apple did with IOS and Mac OS.

Lemme sell my own fast ooo

greenhulk:


I don't think Microsoft will accept defeat and male android phones.. that's a no no. They will keep trying, maybe the surface phone will do it for them. Their problem is not hardware but software, they should forget about trying to unify windows on mobile with windows on desktop, let them create another OS for mobile just like Apple did with IOS and Mac OS.

they can't create anoda os..its either they try to improve d os or they leave d mobile market for good...