First Nokia-branded Android smartphone to be released exclusively in China
It was sad to see the decline of Nokia from being the most ubiquitous brand of phones to literally nothing today (in the smartphone and feature phone market).<p>If they had adopted Android instead of going with Windows Phone, things could have been a lot better. Even when they made Windows Phone devices, at least the high end devices where critically acclaimed with everyone&#x27;s only gripe only being Windows Phone (mainly the lack of apps). IIRC Samsung started becoming incredibly popular at around the same time. In some ways Samsung become the new Nokia, especially in developing markets where low end Android devices became very popular. At the time Nokia also had what seemed like technical advantages one of which was the PureView camera technology.<p>I think Nokia&#x27;s decline was also largely because of very poor management decisions and also to some extent political. Microsoft aggressively pursued a deal with Nokia to adopt Windows Phone and they gave incredible incentives as well, billions of dollars in aid&#x2F;credit&#x2F;support (I don&#x27;t remember the exact nature of the transfer of cash). This probably swayed their decision away from Android towards Windows Phone. I can&#x27;t help but take a cheap shot: Stephen Elop was a Trojan Horse.<p>As the title says, this is a <i>Nokia branded</i> device, so HMD uses the Nokia brand for it&#x27;s phones. It&#x27;s not a <i>real</i> Nokia device from the company itself.<p>PS : Seeing Nokia and Android in the same sentence always triggers a nostalgic&#x2F;angry rant.