Nokia Makes a Comeback

After separating from Microsoft, Nokia intends to produce its phones under the Nokia brand again. After Microsoft acquired Nokia's mobile manufacturing division and learned from the company, it sold the company. However, Microsoft had stipulated that Nokia could not manufacture smartphones until the end of the first quarter of 2016; now that this period has ended, Nokia can re-enter the mobile world. Official news released by Nokia indicates that the company plans to launch several products in 2017, and the software for these products will no longer be Windows Phone, but rather Android. The company has recently acquired Alcatel-Lucent, which has increased its technical capabilities. After separating from Microsoft, Nokia only released one Android tablet called the N1, which was produced by Foxconn. Currently, Nokia is not manufacturing smartphones itself as it lacks the necessary infrastructure and capabilities for such production. Therefore, Nokia phones will be produced in collaboration with the Finnish company HMD and the Taiwanese company Foxconn. The relationship between Microsoft and Nokia is complex. In 2010, Nokia's executives concluded that the Symbian operating system (exclusive to Nokia) was not competitive with other mobile software like Android. That year, Microsoft was also looking to expand Windows Phone, but few companies were inclined to adopt this flawed operating system. Ultimately, Nokia moved towards Windows Phone, a move that many experts deemed a significant mistake. These experts believed that if Nokia had transitioned to Android much earlier, due to its strong hardware capabilities and brand recognition, it could have remained the best-selling phone in the market and not ceded ground to companies like Samsung and LG. However, this mistake worsened Nokia's situation, and Microsoft eventually acquired Nokia's manufacturing division in 2013. After Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's smartphone manufacturing division, the Finnish company was divided into three sections: telecommunications equipment manufacturing, which became the most profitable part of the company, HERE maps development, and hardware production. Initially, mobile phones were produced under the name Nokia Lumia, and later, the Nokia name was dropped, and they were produced under the Microsoft Lumia brand. In 2016, Microsoft sold its mobile manufacturing division, and a company named HMD was established to take on the responsibility of producing Nokia phones for this company. In fact, Nokia is re-entering the smartphone manufacturing sector after years and will soon launch its first product. HMD, managed by former Nokia executives, will be responsible for marketing and selling the phones, while production and research and development will be handled by Foxconn. The new Nokia phones are set to be unveiled at the MWC 2017 exhibition. The flagship Nokia phone will feature a 5.5-inch display with 2K quality and will use the Snapdragon 821 chip. The camera will be 22 megapixels and will use Carl Zeiss lenses. In terms of design, this phone will be waterproof and will have a metal body. The mid-range Nokia phone will also use the Snapdragon 430 chip, which is an octa-core processor with a frequency of 1.4 GHz and 3 GB of RAM, and will be available with Android 7. The cheapest phone will use the Snapdragon 200 chip, which includes a dual-core processor with a frequency of 1.19 GHz. Nokia has equipped this low-end phone with 1 GB of RAM and will offer it with Android 7 by default. More specifications of these phones have not yet been released, and the prices of these products are also unknown, but Nokia hopes to succeed in the market by utilizing Android software and leveraging its strong brand recognition.