Those Cool Ads Didn’t Pay Off

Strange Story here. A post originally on Gizmodo and later in as an official statement from Microsoft, that the brand-new Kin line of phones is now discontinued.

Kin, was a series of two phones aimed at young teenagers. They had some very interesting elements, including an innovative cloud-based backup service, but fell victim to confusing branding and uncertain place in the phone hierarchy.

Microsoft didn’t give a reason for the demise of Kin, but sales have certainly not been strong. Despite price cuts, there were rumors that Microsoft sold only 500 phones in six weeks, not too good, in fact disastrous, if true.

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