Confused what Microsoft are doing

[MarCou]

Those preorders were part of a contest, the prize was a number of units of the Nokia X. Anybody could preorder 4 devices to increase the probability of winning one of the free phones.
How many of those preorders were converted into actual sales? Almost none.

I think the sales of the Nokia X were quite good for a first gen product, but probably a much lower than the sales of the Lumia line.

Yeah. I checked that and you are right. I dont know actual sales of Nokia X. I just checked pair of Chinese phonemarkets and it seemed to be sold out.

But i always thought that X line couldn't become big hit. It ain't WP nor clear Android. It's just walkie talkie with navigation. So canceling its production was right choice from MS.

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[tgp]

There is also the possibility that Microsoft cancelled to Nokia X in order to go full Android. I don't think that's their motive, but it's a possibility. If they're after users to get on their services though, it's not a bad idea. Microsoft's services are better on an Android (or iPhone) than they are on a Windows Phone.

This issue they would have is enticing users to use Microsoft services on a full fledged Android that also has Google's services. If they could figure that out, they win. Device sales go way up, and services along with it.

 

[anony_mouse]

Killed off Android X which in fact shipped 10,000,000 units, maybe Nokia decided to stab Microsoft in the back just before the mobile division was taken over.

Do you have a source for that number? If it's true, sales of the X were pretty impressive. Compare with recent monthly sales figures for the iPhone 5S - 7 million and Samsung Galaxy S5 - 5 million. I'm not sure how many months the X was available for, but this figure would suggest the X range sold more units than the Lumia range (approx 8 million per quarter, 2.7 million per month) while it was available.