If I understand the article correctly Microsoft isn't doing away with phones, only reducing the offering to 3-6 models updated yearly. Something like this seems

If I understand the article correctly Microsoft isn't doing away with phones, only reducing the offering to 3-6 models updated yearly. Something like this seems to work very well for a certain fruit company. My only reason to prefer my Z3 over Lumia was the water protection and if I could get a waterproof Lumia it would be on top of my list I guess.