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The Product Graveyard

Graveyard · By category · Updated OCT 2026

Phones: Failed Products and Why They Failed

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3 products, launched from 1999 to 2014. The causes their entries cite most often are competition (3 of 3) and missing apps, content or partners (3 of 3).

My post on failed products examples covers twelve famous cases from tech and why each one failed.

  • Jan 2022

    BlackBerry

    Research In Motion (BlackBerry) · Phones

    Legacy BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 services ended on January 4, 2022

  • Dec 2019

    Windows Phone and Nokia Lumia

    Microsoft and Nokia · Phones

    Microsoft ended support for Windows 10 Mobile on December 10, 2019

  • Aug 2015

    Amazon Fire Phone

    Amazon · Phones

    Amazon ceased sales in August 2015, when the phone sold out

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