As what we all have known, (sobs) Nokia will be saying goodbye to us soon. Deep inside, I really hope to get the latest flagship "Goldfinger" as a Nokia device to replace my 620. What are your predictions guys?
by "nokia device" do you mean a device with the nokia logo on it? Because we will still get nokia phones except it won't say "nokia"As what we all have known, (sobs) Nokia will be saying goodbye to us soon. Deep inside, I really hope to get the latest flagship "Goldfinger" as a Nokia device to replace my 620. What are your predictions guys?
Even if MS has taken over Nokia until then, why shouldn't they release the phone? That would be a huge waste of development money.
by "nokia device" do you mean a device with the nokia logo on it? Because we will still get nokia phones except it won't say "nokia"
Yeah, they will release it, but will it have the Nokia brand? That's the question.
Will this hinder updates to existing "Nokia" branded phones like the 1520?
Brand name does wonders. Nokia was the Apple for some markets and again it can be.Lumias getting good attention from public but if it loses Nokia brand name, it might be a problem because not everyone knows that future Lumias are also crafted by those same engineers.
You misunderstand. I'm not saying brand names aren't important. I understand that the casually interested smartphone consumer needs something to go by, and if you understand little about the technology itself, brand image is usually the next best thing. It's marketing. What I am saying is that it should be of little interest to the people who are interested enough to visit consumer tech forums on the internet. Don't all of us here know enough to make our decisions on more meaningful criteria than the letters on the box?
My guess is Icon was the last branded Nokia Windows Phone. It's going to be close with 'Moneypenny', which is already making the rounds internally at Microsoft and Nokia, but I think it'll just miss the cutoff for the takeover of the HW division.