Cherry-trail and SOFIA losing is not really a surprise but core-M has come a long way off from its initial days.They have been available in as low as 330$ tablets and 2-in-1s and higher. Core-M in laptops though should come down to a lower price segment than it has been selling in the last one and half year or so. While slow execution on part of their cherry-trail and ultimate failure gets stick but the trickling down of Core-M segment to lower price segments also deserves some mention.
Windows phone is something that is really tiny to be relevant as things stand now. Their evolution has been very very slow. At the state they have been in last 2 years not many care about it. What future holds for them is another uncertainty.Intel had reasons to kill SoFia, but killing Broxton was alright stupid.... Intel could have went with Windows Mobile and finally getting the marketshare they want... If AMD or VIA manages to make an alliance with MS to bring a cheap X86 phone with Win 10 it would be epic to watch.