Microsoft has just published its third-quarter results, and they paint a very bleak picture for Windows Phone. Sales of Lumia devices were down 73% compared to the same quarter last year, with just 2.3 million devices sold – during the same period in 2015 8.6 million were sold.
That's resulted in a massive 46% drop in phone revenue, though it's easy to point to a relative lack of new devices, particularly at the high end, as one of the factors.
Tablet revenues are surfacing
It's not all bad news for Microsoft though, as while its $3.8 (£2.6/AU$4.9) billion of total net income and $20.5 (£14.3/AU$26.4) billion of revenue are both down a little from this time last year its tablet business is showing growth.
Surface-related revenue is up 61% at $1.1 (£0.76/AU$1.4) billion for the quarter, while last quarter also saw healthy Surface revenues. Microsoft hasn't broken down the figures, but claims this increase has been driven by the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Microsoft Surface Book.
That's still a drop in the ocean compared to Apple's iPad revenue though, which in quarter one of 2016 stood at over $7 (£4.9/AU$9) billion and has rarely dropped below $4 (£2.8/AU$5.1) billion.
Surface sales aside it looks like Microsoft's mobile devices could be in for a continually rough ride this year, with the Surface Phone rumoured to be a 2017 launch, and little else of substance on the horizon.