Microsoft's Phone Business Has Gotten So Bad It's Giving Away Free Phones By Scalper1 | April 25, 2016 0 Comment Scalper1 News Lumia 950. Image source Microsoft. For the most part, the smartphone market is plagued by short product cycles. (Well, except for iPhones.) Many new flagship smartphones often get discounts just months Scalper1 News Scalper1 News Related posts: Would Iris-Scanning Be Enough to Boost Windows Phone? AdDuplex Brings Bad News for Microsoft Windows Phone Can Microsoft Corporation's “Surface Phone” Succeed Where Windows Phones Failed? Microsoft Is Selling More Lumia Phones and Making a Long-Term Play for Smartphone Leadership