And how does this affect strategy?
You throw out a lot of useless insults about the device but didn't address the question you replies to.
It doesn't effect their strategy, if that is what you meant. Their strategy makes no sense to begin with. They're using this phone as a gate-way to Lumia phones? That makes absolutely no sense. There is NOTHING in the Nokia X that would make someone get a Lumia phone. In fact it is quite the opposite. Nokia X has quite a few more apps than Windows Phone does. The situation will only get worse for Lumia phones as more and more apps are ported to Nokia X. 75% apps are already 100% compatible with the X, all they need is submission to the Nokia Store. Why would someone get used to having so many apps and games, and then decide to switch to a platform that has none of that?
If somebody really has a hard-on for Microsoft services, he can easily get those on his Android phone. OneDrive, Bing, Here Maps and practically all Microsoft services are available on Android phones. Skype is much better on Android than on Windows Phone. Go figure.
Another reason why Nokia's strategy makes no sense is because they're betting their hedges on the brand name. Majority of the people in developing markets don't buy a Windows Phone, they buy a Nokia phone, which just happens to be a Windows Phone. So what is going to happen when Nokia is no more? Someone using a Nokia X is going to switch to a Windows Phone by some other OEM? Yeah I just don't see that happening often.
But you know what, don't buy what I say. We'll let the sales figures talk for themselves when the phone is out. I live in one of the developing markets (Pakistan) where this phone will be marketed heavily. I'll let you know how many people are buying this over a conventional Android phone in the same price bracket.