The writings were on wall for most as just weeks earlier Microsoft announced the sales Nokia feature phone business to Foxconn, now the Redmond giant cuts jobs across the smartphone hardware business…many in the media saw this coming.

Window phones like the Lumia have been experiencing a torrid time gaining any momentum at all in the smartphone sector, despite Windows 10 and the universal platform openness, app developers are still dragging their feet to code their services for Windows Store. Culling will take place in Micosoft Oy Finland office of up to 1350 and another 500 globally, which will cost CEO Satya Nadella, impairment and restructuring charge of approximately $950 million, of which approximately $200 million will relate to severance payments.

“We are focusing our phone efforts where we have differentiation — with enterprises that value security, manageability and our Continuum capability, and consumers who value the same,” said Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft. “We will continue to innovate across devices and on our cloud services across all mobile platforms.”

Mid last year, Satya declared the acquisition of Nokia was a mistake and wrote of $7.6 billion the company paid for the beleaguered phone manufacturer. The latest actions point to signs of the pragmatic CEO could be exiting the smartphone hardware business all-together and focus on promising lifelines like Windows 10, enterprise and future technology.