How Microsoft Got Blackmailed Into Buying Nokia

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• VI

  @vizdrom · 3 years ago

  Microsoft heard Nokia phones were hard af and wanted to know their secrets.

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• LI

  @likoetsvp · 3 years ago (edited)

  Damn Microsoft. In 2015 I bought the Lumia 950. It had a 1440p screen and 4k recording, Live Photo, face id unlock (windows hello), always on screen, USB-C with monitor and peripheral support, and wireless charging. Everything was great, including the UI, but they dropped the ball and there were barely any apps outside of the MS products. I hung on until 2018 hoping it would be resurrected.

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• AR

  @Art3miS_26 · 3 years ago

  Nokia had lot of potential to dominate phone market. Sad to see their downfall

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• TU

  @tubefaze · 3 years ago

  Stephen Elop. That name still makes my blood boil a decade later. Nokia should've never gone all in on Windows Phone. Even as antiquated as it was people were still loyal to Symbian and Nokia. They should've tried out WP and Android like Samsung and went with what sold best. Meego was something people liked and wanted to see more of. "No, we're dedicated to Windows Phone."

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• PI

  @picklikeapro6952 · 3 years ago

  I ran a repair business. I know people that LOVED their lumia phones but in my eyes they were lacking a lot but I didn’t see them completely going away. That was surprising.

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• MI

  @MichaelLloydMobile · 3 years ago (edited)

  The earlier Windows mobile platform was excellent. Basically Windows 2000 on a phone. It had a registry, very robust application support, and all the features and you would would want for pretty much any use.<br><br>Windows Mobile was originally designed as a PDA, not a phone . Powerful applications were written for this platform, and it had the most enthusiastic third party support of any mobile device at its time.<br><br>When Microsoft orphaned their Windows mobile platform in favor of Windows Phone 7, based on the Zune interface which was a joke, they discouraged many software developers from trusting Microsoft for future mobile device support.<br><br>If Microsoft kept their Windows Mobile platform, they would currently be number one or two in the phone market.<br>They managed their phone venture incompetently.

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• VT

  @vtrentd · 3 years ago

  Lumia made me sad... I can&apos;t wait to hear what happened here

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• JO

  @johniii8147 · 3 years ago

  I would hardly call it &quot;Blackmail&quot;. That&apos;s clickbait. This was about bad decisions by Steve.

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• FA

  @fawkewe · 3 years ago (edited)

  I love how microsoft wasnt even mad at Nokias ceo. Even they thought what he did was smart and kept him arround.

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• GT

  @gteixeira · 3 years ago

  I had the Lumia 435 and the Lumia 735. Both were great phones and had all apps I needed. Shame Microsoft dropped both.

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• EL

  @Elizabeth-vh6il · 3 years ago

  Microsoft was way more badass when Gates was in charge.

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• BL

  @Blog_of_Truth · 3 years ago (edited)

  Microsoft started bad doesn&apos;t mean they couldn&apos;t have recovered and out paced the competition, they just tried to force too much down people&apos;s throats instead of learning from their mistakes and they paid for it. I rooted hard for nokia and lumia, windows had the power to challenge the iOS more than android. But it wasn&apos;t meant to be.

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