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Weren't they wrecked by Elop betting on Windows Phone? The MeeGo-powered N9 recieved positive reviews.
by tapoxi 4y ago
Weren't they wrecked by Elop betting on Windows Phone? The MeeGo-powered N9 recieved positive reviews.
- roenxi 4y agoIf only the EU had thought to forestall him by mandating that all EU-sold phones were UI-compatible with Symbian and used high-quality Swiss keyboards. Or maybe stick to the cutting edge and standardise on Blackberry to really future-proof the Union. Then all would have been well.
- sharemywin 4y agoI wonder if forcing a modular design would have creating a vibrant accessories market.
- roenxi 4y agoApple's tightly-integrated design was capturing more than 100% of the profit share of mobile pones for a few humourous quarters a decade ago, due to losses by everyone else. I suspect that forcing modular designs would not have helped the Europeans get products out that consumers wanted.
- sbuk 4y agoElop was the last nail. The reviews for the N9 were good, but it was too little, too late. Mind-share was already taken by Android and iOS, and Samsung were already eating into Nokia's dumb phone dominance. Nokia were dead in the water.