Mozilla has just announced sad news this Tuesday, Dec. 8; they are now abandoning the race for the best smartphones. The company said that they will cease working with different carriers to ship off their own Firefox OS devices. They also said in a statement that their Firefox OS has proved the flexibility of the web, from low end smartphones to HD TVs.

According to Mozilla Chief Legal and Business Officer Denelle Dixon-Thayer, the company thinks that they weren't able to offer the best user experience possible. Thus, Mozilla decided to stop offering their Firefox OS smartphones through their partner carrier channels.

News of the company's decision broke out during Mozilla's annual developer conference, gaining support and praise from some for what they deem to be a brave act. Dixon-Thayer also said that Mozilla will still continue to experiment with user experience from connected devices using what was accomplished and earned from their Firefox OS.

Mozilla started their mobile operating system with their "Boot to Gecko" or B2G in the mid-2011. One year later the tech company renamed B2G to Firefox OS. Along with the renaming of their smartphone OS came their announcement that they have already selected a few handset manufacturers to build smartphones that will run their OS. Several carriers have also pledged their support for the then upcoming plan.

The company, during those times, has planned on starting with very cheap, very low-end smartphones which was lacking then. Mozilla then showed their OS to the public by February 2012 and launched their first ever Firefox OS running handset in July 2013. The handset was named ZTE Open and it was unveiled into the public in Spain via Telefónica.

However it proved to be a failure as the Firefox OS never gained enough consumer to support it. Earlier during May, there have been rumours about the OS and the company's mobile plans to be in jeopardy. But no one could prove it then. Now that it is completely out in the open, the company is said to be doing a lot more experiments and tests which Dixon-Thayer promises will soon be shared to the public when the time is right.