HP’s Elite x3 is a flagship sailing into a dangerous Windows phone wasteland

It’s a hell of a time to launch a Windows phone, and yet that’s exactly what HP did Sunday night at Mobile World Congress, when it debuted its Elite x3 flagship. This premium-level device enters a wasteland littered with failed phones, an ecosystem that, at last report, clings to just one percent of the worldwide market. 

Despite the clear and significant risks, HP seems to have a reasonable strategy: Make it a beautiful, powerful device. Sell it into the cash-rich, Windows-centric corporate world. Finally, emphasize Continuum, that standout feature in Windows 10 Mobile, the one thing its rivals Android and iOS can’t touch. 

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