Nokia turns to Android for its smartphone rebirth

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Published 1 Dec 2016

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Back when the first Android smartphones rolled off the assembly line in 2009, they weren’t just competing against Apple. Feature-phone pioneer Nokia commed a large chunk of the market, it was hard at work on its own open-source touchscreen platform. all know how that story ended. Android Apple took over the market Nokia floundered for years with half-baked hsets until Microsoft mercifully put Nokia’s smartphone segment out of its misery after acquiring the business last year.

But like a classic B movie, Nokia is back from the dead. ll, kind of. Earlier this year Microsoft sold the Nokia bring rights to Finl-based HMD Global, the first fruits of that labor are due to appear in the first half of 2017. And like the Nokia N1—an id mini clone with hwriting-based search—they will run Android. It remains to be seen just how much Nokia is in these phones beyond the name on the rear, but it’s a good comeback story nonetheless.

You can sign up on the Nokia website for information as it’s released, but for now, the company is only speaking about its new phones in very broad terms, promising “Elegant simplicity, trusted reliability, lasting quality,” attributes often promised rarely delivered. But Nokia does have one thing going for it: instant br recognition.

y this matters: Nokia’s new tagline is “Inspired by ambition,” it’s hard to argue with its tenaciousness. A Nokia smartphone is sure to garner a fair amount of attention within the Android community, but it’s entering an extremely crowded competitive market. However, if the price is right it could build itself a nice little niche.