Nokia was one the best companies out there back then. Things changed when companies started to get comfortable with their positions, such as Motorola with the RAZR. Apple introduced the iPhone last 2007 and Google also started with Android. Phones evolved to smartphones and Samsung took some titles away from Nokia later on.
Right now, I’ve been a little bit tired of waiting for Android updates. Hardware evolves very fast too, which is why I have my eyes on the Nexus devices but some part of me wants to get away from Android for a while and that part screams Lumia. I want you guys to convince me or influence my decision, so hear me out.
Ever since, Nokia was in a struggle. It had been so difficult to get back what was lost from them. Nokia had several options: Develop Symbian further, abandon Symbian and go with Android, or abandon Symbian and go with Windows Phone. A lot of people were already doubting the Symbian platform; Nokia chose to leave it and move on. Amidst the competition, it was very hard to stand out with Android. After all, Android was very similar to Symbian. For Nokia to stand out, they chose the road not taken, Windows Phone.
Windows Phone was a differentiating factor; live tiles look nothing like shortcut icons and wallpapered home screens. Honestly though, Windows Phone falls back in functionality back then – they held back the hardware capabilities of Nokia.
Unknown to us, Nokia has a lot of secrets hiding in their R&D department. Later on, they unveiled their last Symbian phone, the Nokia PureView 808. Five years in the making, they developed a 41 megapixel camera for a phone with breathtaking capabilities. The problem is it’s still on Symbian; it can’t compete with Android and iOS’ app ecosystems.
A little ways down the road, Nokia announced that they’ll be porting PureView technologies into the Windows Phone platform, Lumia. Sadly, a lot of buzz went out when everyone found out that Nokia faked their PureView Lumia ads. Everyone doubted Nokia once again, but upon the announcement of their phone, the Nokia Lumia 920, we were a little bit wowed. It seemed like Nokia had some more up its sleeve – PureMotion+ HD, wireless charging, PureView once again and more.
This time however, Nokia called PureView not their 41 megapixel shooter but rather the best of their imaging department; it sounded more like marketing than actual facts. The Lumia 920’s 8.7 megapixel camera didn’t fail however; it was great in practice.
Windows Phone 8 brought a lot improvements as well, but I’m still somewhat unconvinced. Some part of me says Nokia’s going desperate to be on top again, but the other part of me begs to give Nokia a second chance. Considering the app ecosystems, Nokia’s added functionalities and the uniqueness of Windows Phone, would you give Nokia a second chance?
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I’d say give it a chance…
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It’s a shame that Nokia abandoned MeeGo, given that it gained attention for its swipe function. Though Nokia Belle is a very fluid, capable OS, its resolution, capacity and performance, isn’t enough to top, even the best midrange Android phones out there. I hope Jolla would release its “Sailfish” OS successfully sometime. :)
while meego was a promising OS, you can’t deny Nokia was indeed a sinking ship. They wouldn’t survive if they have gone to Meego route. Their only 2 choices are android and windows phone platform, and they use the latter for the sole reason that they can differentiate more in windows phone ecosystem.
Microsoft is going strong this year and the foreseeable future, and they pledge to go ‘All in’ in terms of marketing both windows 8 and windows phone 8 platform.
To be honest its makes much more sense if you have a giant partner like Microsoft that will do the advertising for you, wouldn’t you agree?
@zi
“Embrace, extend, and extinguish”,also known as “Embrace, extend, and exterminate”, is a phrase that the U.S. Department of Justice found was used internally by Microsoft to describe its strategy for entering product categories involving widely used standards, extending those standards with proprietary capabilities, and then using those differences to disadvantage its competitors.
@steelicon – well with significant marketshare Microsoft can indeed do that again, but we are talking about mobile platform here.
The tables have turned and Microsoft is the underdog here, the monopolizing giant are Apple and Android who solely dominate the mobile scene.
Microsoft enter the game means more choices for us consumers. It also introduce more competition. More competition amongst the Giants (apple, google, Microsoft in this case). is always good.
It brings innovation and differentiation. Like now Apple was so complacent with their iPhone by giving us an update of ‘copy and paste’ after a year of its infancy. The competition forced them to adapt technologies and innovations not in their roadmap so to speak.
In the end it will force these giant to give us better value for our money. so its win for us consumers. :)
@zi
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish
@zi
To completely understand what is going on today, we need to study history.
It has been done by Microsoft to several companies before, the most notable one being Netscape VS. Internet Explorer.
Netscape had almost 100% market share, Internet Explorer almost none.
Is Internet Explorer the best web browser today?
I gave them a second chance months ago… Well all i can say is am in love with my lumia 800 since day one. I knew what i was getting into when i bought this baby, hardware-wise and software-wise and nobody has the right to question that since that is what i really wanted for myself.
at the end of the day it always goes down to whats more usable for you.
always a nokia fan…..i will..if the price is right =)