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Is this an actual Nokia phone, or a device made by another manufacturer but branded as "Nokia" like that tabled they made some time ago?

dazc 10y ago
Quote: Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, HMD Global Oy is the new home of Nokia phones and tablets. HMD designs and markets a range of smartphones and feature phones targeted at a range of consumers and price points. With a commitment to innovation and quality, HMD is the proud exclusive licensee of the Nokia brand for mobile phones and tablets. Nokia is a registered trademark of Nokia. For further information, see www.hmd.global.
- Fnoord 10y ago
  "Manufacturing and distribution is performed by Foxconn's FIH Mobile division." [1] aka, in China. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global
  - akjainaj 10y ago
    Exactly! That tablet I was talking about was made by Foxconn
Retr0spectrum 10y ago
Define "actual Nokia".
- currysausage 10y ago
  Have any former Nokia/Microsoft Mobile engineers transferred to HMD?
  - mcraiha 10y ago
    No one transferred directly. There might be some people from OLD Nokia working in HMD, but basically HMD started from scratch "All the best designers and engineers of the former Nokia mobile business either moved to Microsoft when the latter took over or quit to pursue independent projects and startups of their own. The name’s still the same, but the expertise is gone. HMD’s executives are talking a good game about "the best designers in the world ... lining up" to join the company’s ranks, but they’ll all be starting from scratch. HMD may retain the Nokia cachet, however it lacks the scale of the old company and so there’s no chance of securing early or exclusive access to hot new tech or materials." http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/6/13852802/nokia-android-smartphone-return-2017 http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/6/13852802/nokia-android-sma...
    - bostand 10y ago
      That is an odd thing to say. Almost everyone at HMD are former Nokia employees.
wodenokoto 10y ago
As far as I know most employees with handset expertise left Nokia after the sale, so it is very hard to say if this is the revival of the old Nokia or effectively a new company that has the trademark and patent rights.
Nokinside 10y ago
Nokia owns the brand, provides it's patents and inventions that come from Nokia Research & Bell Labs. They also have member in the board and have some say on quality of the phones (protecting the brand). Foxconn Technology Group subsidiaries bought the manufacturing facilities and manufacture the phones. Including feature phones. HMD Global is the new Finnish company making Nokia-brand devices. It's mostly ex Nokia people. http://www.nokia.com/en_int/news/releases/2016/05/18/nokia-signs-strategic-brand-and-intellectual-property-licensing-agreement-enabling-hmd-global-to-create-new-generation-of-nokia-branded-mobile-phones-and-tablets http://www.nokia.com/en_int/news/releases/2016/05/18/nokia-s... >Nokia will provide HMD with branding rights and cellular standard essential patent licenses in return for royalty payments, but will not be making a financial investment or holding equity in HMD. Nokia Technologies will take a seat on the Board of Directors of HMD and set mandatory brand requirements and performance related provisions to ensure that all Nokia-branded products exemplify consumer expectations of Nokia devices, including quality, design and consumer focused innovation. >HMD would be led, once the Microsoft transaction closes, by Arto Nummela as CEO, who previously held senior positions at Nokia and is currently the head of Microsoft's Mobile Devices business for Greater Asia, Middle East and Africa, as well as Microsoft's global Feature Phones business. HMD's president on closing would be Florian Seiche, who is currently Senior Vice President for Europe Sales and Marketing at Microsoft Mobile, and previously held key roles at Nokia, HTC and other global brands.

dazc 10y ago

Quote: Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, HMD Global Oy is the new home of Nokia phones and tablets. HMD designs and markets a range of smartphones and feature phones targeted at a range of consumers and price points. With a commitment to innovation and quality, HMD is the proud exclusive licensee of the Nokia brand for mobile phones and tablets. Nokia is a registered trademark of Nokia. For further information, see www.hmd.global.

Fnoord 10y ago
"Manufacturing and distribution is performed by Foxconn's FIH Mobile division." [1] aka, in China. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global
- akjainaj 10y ago
  Exactly! That tablet I was talking about was made by Foxconn

Retr0spectrum 10y ago

Define "actual Nokia".

currysausage 10y ago
Have any former Nokia/Microsoft Mobile engineers transferred to HMD?
- mcraiha 10y ago
  No one transferred directly. There might be some people from OLD Nokia working in HMD, but basically HMD started from scratch "All the best designers and engineers of the former Nokia mobile business either moved to Microsoft when the latter took over or quit to pursue independent projects and startups of their own. The name’s still the same, but the expertise is gone. HMD’s executives are talking a good game about "the best designers in the world ... lining up" to join the company’s ranks, but they’ll all be starting from scratch. HMD may retain the Nokia cachet, however it lacks the scale of the old company and so there’s no chance of securing early or exclusive access to hot new tech or materials." http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/6/13852802/nokia-android-smartphone-return-2017 http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/6/13852802/nokia-android-sma...
  - bostand 10y ago
    That is an odd thing to say. Almost everyone at HMD are former Nokia employees.

wodenokoto 10y ago

As far as I know most employees with handset expertise left Nokia after the sale, so it is very hard to say if this is the revival of the old Nokia or effectively a new company that has the trademark and patent rights.

Nokinside 10y ago

Nokia owns the brand, provides it's patents and inventions that come from Nokia Research & Bell Labs. They also have member in the board and have some say on quality of the phones (protecting the brand). Foxconn Technology Group subsidiaries bought the manufacturing facilities and manufacture the phones. Including feature phones. HMD Global is the new Finnish company making Nokia-brand devices. It's mostly ex Nokia people. http://www.nokia.com/en_int/news/releases/2016/05/18/nokia-signs-strategic-brand-and-intellectual-property-licensing-agreement-enabling-hmd-global-to-create-new-generation-of-nokia-branded-mobile-phones-and-tablets http://www.nokia.com/en_int/news/releases/2016/05/18/nokia-s... >Nokia will provide HMD with branding rights and cellular standard essential patent licenses in return for royalty payments, but will not be making a financial investment or holding equity in HMD. Nokia Technologies will take a seat on the Board of Directors of HMD and set mandatory brand requirements and performance related provisions to ensure that all Nokia-branded products exemplify consumer expectations of Nokia devices, including quality, design and consumer focused innovation. >HMD would be led, once the Microsoft transaction closes, by Arto Nummela as CEO, who previously held senior positions at Nokia and is currently the head of Microsoft's Mobile Devices business for Greater Asia, Middle East and Africa, as well as Microsoft's global Feature Phones business. HMD's president on closing would be Florian Seiche, who is currently Senior Vice President for Europe Sales and Marketing at Microsoft Mobile, and previously held key roles at Nokia, HTC and other global brands.