Even Microsoft can't decide whether Windows is relevant in the smartphone world.
Since its Windows Phone mobile operating system launched in 2010, Microsoft has pinned its hopes on devices running the software. Just wait until Windows Phone 7, the company said years back in regards to its mobile ambitions. Windows Phone 8 was the next supposed savior of Microsoft's smartphones, followed by Windows Phone 8.1. Microsoft skipped right over Windows 9 altogether.
With Windows 10, however, a curious thing happened to Microsoft's flagship mobile devices: They ended up as an afterthought. During a New York event Tuesday, Microsoft's new Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL smartphones with Windows 10 Mobile were overshadowed by the Surface Pro 4 tablet and the surprise Surface Book laptop.
The lower profile of the phones, which Microsoft introduced along with a grab bag of other products, suggests the company isn't pretending that the Lumia 950 and 950 XL will make or break its mobile ambitions. Instead, Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft may be taking its time to create a device different enough -- perhaps the rumored Surface smartphone -- to break the spell Apple's iPhone and Google's Android devices cast on consumer
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