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Exactly the same way Samsung, HTC are/were handling it. Samsung, HTC, LG are selling Android. Their other phones aren't selling really. If Nokia sold Android,

by jeswin 13y ago

Exactly the same way Samsung, HTC are/were handling it. Samsung, HTC, LG are selling Android. Their other phones aren't selling really. If Nokia sold Android, they would be far behind in the Android market, and won't sell too many Lumias either. Nokia essentially dropped Symbian two years ago. They sell low cost Asha phones here in India (and probably in SE Asia), which I thought was an S40 derivative. (It seems so.) The latter being around 3% of total smartphone sales, comparable to the marketshare of Bada OS two years ago. Breaking into smartphones is hard. Nokia knows than Windows Phone isn't going to be shuttered. Windows Phone 8 was the first real Windows Phone OS. I recently was at a Nokia showroom. The $140 off-contract Lumia 520 was smoother than my Nexus 4. You should try it.

dalai 13y ago
Samsung, HTC, LG are selling Android. Their other phones aren't selling really. If Nokia sold Android, they would be far behind in the Android market, and won't sell too many Lumias either. My feeling is that they are not selling because they are not pushing them much. I don't think Samsung ever made a serious, competitive Windows Phone. Also Lumia is not selling the volume it's selling just because of the OS (actually for some is a disadvantage because of the smaller marketplace). It would be interesting to see how a Lumia with Android would fare. Anyway, three years ago Samsung had 5% of the market and Nokia over 35%. They had a good lead over everyone no matter what OS they decided to back. Admittedly going with Android would have meant that they would have more competition, but I believe that they had a good chance on brand recognition alone. Perhaps it would have been worse, no way to tell now. Nokia essentially dropped Symbian two years ago. I think they have outsourced Symbian support. I am not sure anyone is developing for it or updating it any more.
hippiefahrzeug 13y ago
regarding smoothness: any phone in the show room will feel smooth. that's really no achievement. how does it feel after heavy use, lots of data and apps installed? (of course, the latter won't be causing a problem on wp)

by jeswin 13y ago

dalai 13y ago

Samsung, HTC, LG are selling Android. Their other phones aren't selling really. If Nokia sold Android, they would be far behind in the Android market, and won't sell too many Lumias either. My feeling is that they are not selling because they are not pushing them much. I don't think Samsung ever made a serious, competitive Windows Phone. Also Lumia is not selling the volume it's selling just because of the OS (actually for some is a disadvantage because of the smaller marketplace). It would be interesting to see how a Lumia with Android would fare. Anyway, three years ago Samsung had 5% of the market and Nokia over 35%. They had a good lead over everyone no matter what OS they decided to back. Admittedly going with Android would have meant that they would have more competition, but I believe that they had a good chance on brand recognition alone. Perhaps it would have been worse, no way to tell now. Nokia essentially dropped Symbian two years ago. I think they have outsourced Symbian support. I am not sure anyone is developing for it or updating it any more.

hippiefahrzeug 13y ago

regarding smoothness: any phone in the show room will feel smooth. that's really no achievement. how does it feel after heavy use, lots of data and apps installed? (of course, the latter won't be causing a problem on wp)