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According to foreign media reports, Microsoft earlier this year introduced its own brand cell phones hit the market in Kin failed, but recently Microsoft employees said they were not surprised at this point, because they do not like the phone.
The name of Microsoft employees to the U.S. blog website Business Insider's e-mail said: "From the beginning no one thinks that this is a great product, Microsoft has further damaged the reputation of mobile." This staff estimates Microsoft is the cost of Kin phone conference to be held in more than Kin revenues from mobile phone.
The employee wrote: "We are in the company held a grand press conference, but I estimate that the cost of this conference to be higher than the revenues from this product. As a Microsoft employee, I find it shameful. And as a shareholder, I am very angry. Product ideas and theoretical verification is one thing, while the introduction of products is another matter. I Juede, we introduced this product is because Microsoft believe that we must introduce cell phone products, so as to save face, because we created a momentum at least. However, this is a total fiasco. "
In addition, the employee said, Kin phone failed to make Microsoft's headquarters staff morale had been severely affected. He wrote in the message: "The Kin phone messages and files filled with lead to frustration throughout the park headquarters."
Kin series earlier this year for Microsoft to launch mobile phone user groups of young product, the product includes Kin One and Kin Two two models. But it is learned, even though less than two months Kin phone market, but because of bad sales, Microsoft has suspended the project. According to a John Gruber of the sources, Microsoft has started phasing in the Kin series phones 6 weeks ago; Microsoft only sold a total of 503 Kin series phones-Wholesale cell phones.
As of the end of June, Microsoft employs a total of 8.8596 million, representing a large group of speeches, is a dangerous thing, so Business Insider in the news release that were deleted from the Microsoft employee's name. However, many Microsoft employees through a forum called the Mini-Microsoft published on the company's dissatisfaction.
An angry Microsoft employee said: "I am a former Windows Mobile team staff, is now Microsoft's competitors in the mobile field work. I want to say is that, for now Microsoft employees, Microsoft halted Kin mobile phone project definitely good news? From a personal perspective, I left the company because the management is very disappointed with Terry Myerson and Andrew Lees of arbitrary decision-making behavior dissatisfied. During my tenure, the only one worthy of my respect for the manager and other staff is Tom Gibson (Tom Gibbons), but he now been marginalized. Lisi and Melson did not understand the consumer or the mobile phone. Gibson at least understands consumer products. We often discuss how Andrew Lees can continue to maintain their jobs, so Microsoft's loss is our good news. "
