A former Microsoft executive in its Windows Phone division has put the blame for its demise on wireless carriers in general and their salespeople in particular in a post on the X service.
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As part of an extensive new interview, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella looks back at the shutdown of its Windows Phone division, stating "we could have made it work" by trying to reinvent that category.
On July 11, 2013, Nokia announced the Lumia 1020 smartphone with Microsoft's Windows Phone OS and its huge (at the time) 41MP rear camera. Microsoft bought Nokia's phone business two months later.