Nokia Comeback


Sunday, April 30, 2017

In 2013 Nokia sold its Devices & Services division to Microsoft for $7.2 billion, This is when Microsoft Mobile was born. Not to mention how it turned out to be a biggest disaster for Microsoft, it wrote off billions of dollars (nearly the deal amount) and laid off so many employees.
If you wonder how Nokia has comeback into smartphone world, you need to know this clause from Nokia-Microsoft deal
“Upon the closing of the transaction, Nokia would be restricted from licensing the Nokia brand for use in connection with mobile device sales for 30 months and from using the Nokia brand on Nokia’s own mobile devices until December 31, 2015.”
Microsoft sold its Microsoft Mobile business to Finnish based HMD Global, which is now making Android based Nokia Mobiles.
Nokia confirms that the strategic agreement covering branding rights and intellectual property licensing with HMD Global Oy (HMD).
As part of this HMD announced series of Nokia android lineup Nokia 3, 5, and 6.
NOKIA 6
The Nokia 6 features a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, a 3,000 mAh battery, and a fingerprint sensor. The glossy black special edition model has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.
NOKIA 5
The Nokia 5 is a smartphone with a 5.2 inch display, an aluminum frame, and four color options: blue, copper, black, and silver. It has the same Snapdragon 430 chip as its sibling, but only 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.
NOKIA 3
This phone has a 5 inch 1280 x 720 pixel IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass, a 2,650 mAh battery, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a microSD card slot, and a MediaTek MTK6737 quad-core processor.
Despite the fact that this is the cheapest phone in the new Nokia lineup, the Nokia 3 does have a few nice features including NFC, a fingerprint sensor, and an 8MP wide-angle (84 degree) front camera. The phone has an aluminum frame and polycarbonate body.

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