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Microsoft’s Exit From Smartphone Business Moves Into High GearMicrosoft’s Exit From Smartphone Business Moves Into High Gear
Since becoming chief executive officer in 2014, Satya Nadella has been gradually exiting a business championed by predecessor Steve Ballmer and had already written off most of the $9.5 billion Nokia acquisition. This month, Nadella sold a division that made old-school “feature” phones that connect to the web but do little else.
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