Dead or not, lately Microsoft is doing something that has my attention and is in place at my office per my request - Continuum. I've removed 4 of my PM laptops and replaced them with 4 Microsoft 950XL's and the Continuum dock and oddly enough, their productivity has increased.

I personally thought it was a gimmick. But it hit a few use cases for people in my organization that I cannot quickly replicate with less than savvy users in other platforms without some training.

Windows Phone was never going to have a massive market share. Their app gap deficiency is only second to perhaps Jolla. Folks want certain apps for their social media that are more convenient than say using the mobile versions via a browser.

With that said... are they dead? Perhaps. But if they were to only get/keep 2% of the market, that's sizable enough for some companies out there. Just sad that the company happens to be Microsoft, which inherited these devices via Nokia with a mobile OS that was thrust upon them by Elop.