.. financed and manfuactured by the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world: Foxconn. HMD Global is essentially Nokia - Foxconn partnership. Nokia never

.. financed and manfuactured by the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world: Foxconn. HMD Global is essentially Nokia - Foxconn partnership. Nokia never sold it's R&D division or patents to Microsoft. HMD global has full IPR access to everything from Nokia Research and all patents. Foxconn wants to reduce its dependence from Apple. 46% of Hon Hai's (Foxconn) revenue comes from Apple.