I don't think the Lumia 950 deserves to be on the same list as the BB Playbook.
By the time the Lumia was released, Windows Phone was actually quite useable and snappy. It's the completely empty app ecosystem and the years of head start iOS and Android had that killed it (apps were not portable from the earlier incarnations of WinPhone).
The playbook was just a joke. No emails, no calendar, no apps. Software was incredibly buggy and it felt years behind the iPad. Actually, no, to get the calendar you had to pair it with a blackberry phone if I recall.
I was also surprised to see that on the list as well. The phones were pretty good. I think the biggest loss was actually Continuum, which to this day still seems like the only good example of convergence.
I actually loved Windows Phone. I got one because it was the cheapest possible option after my "real" phone broke, and I was surprised at how polished it was. It was such an interesting, opinionated take on a phone interface; I wish it had had a chance to succeed.
By the time the Lumia was released, Windows Phone was actually quite useable and snappy. It's the completely empty app ecosystem and the years of head start iOS and Android had that killed it (apps were not portable from the earlier incarnations of WinPhone).
The playbook was just a joke. No emails, no calendar, no apps. Software was incredibly buggy and it felt years behind the iPad. Actually, no, to get the calendar you had to pair it with a blackberry phone if I recall.