Huawei drops 'not profitable' Windows Phone as Microsoft faces new China anti-trust probe

Danny Palmer
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'It has been difficult to persuade consumers to buy a Windows phone,' says Huawei's Richard Yu

Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Huawei has ditched Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system - at least for the foreseeable future - because the company had difficulty persuading consumer...

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