CEO Stephen Elop probably never thought he’d have competition against his brand. Who honestly would since his phones were literally found on every continent in some form. Going against Nokia would be like using house flies to attack a whale, so we thought.
What was Nokia’s weakness? Not enough smartphones to quench the rising tide of tech. Sure they had some exclusive models that acted like computers, but the Nokia 5800 models went back to just entertainment and the Nokia N8 was just for the privileged.
A device was needed that the average person could use to handle work projects and after work fun at the same time. Android can create a 2010 excel worksheet while punched in and later stream to your friends the party they are currently missing. Can Nokia do that with WP7 built-in? Not yet. Are they missing the boat again? Now the complaint is that their latest smartphones don’t have enough RAM for the good apps to work. Watch below to see the layoffs and other adjustments due to slow reactions to today’s mobile tech…
For me Nokia is still the best phone brand in the Market, they have the best phone designs, phone accessories and applications