The sale of Nokia to Microsoft has been, in a single word, a disaster. After the recent announcement of the layoff of more than seven thousand people, Microsoft has made it clear that it has no special interest in the smartphone brand (in fact, it has confirmed that it will only launch six phones a year under the Lumia brand). Nokia is contractually prohibited from manufacturing smartphones again until 2016 (indeed, it has no means to do so, as it sold its entire structure to Microsoft), butThat will not stop looking for a company that is responsible for developing, manufacturing and distributing mobile from designs and guidelines of this company. In short, the same thing they have done with the Nokia N1, but applied to the mobile market.
This time, far from rumors and speculation, it has been Nokia itself that has published a press release on its official website in which it ensures that its return to the smartphone market is a reality. In a note that begins by recalling the successes of this company in the mobile phone market (let's not forget its most memorable phones), Nokia confirms that it is looking for a manufacturer that is capable of providing a quality product for the smartphone market. Although, yes, it also mentions that the launch of a hypothetical mobile could not occur until the end of 2016(by the conditions of the contract signed with Microsoft).
In this press release, which somehow seems to correspond to a sugarcane launch in search of manufacturers interested in working with Nokia, the company ensures that the best way to return to the mobile market is through the brand model. licensing . Ie, put the stamp of Nokia mobile phones manufactured by other companies (always under the watchful eye of the brand, of course). And that, if we interpret it with a bit of imagination, could also mean that Nokia could license the development of mobile phones with Android operating system.
In any case, we will have to wait until the last months of next year 2016 to be able to have any chance of attending the launch of new smartphones under the Nokia brand. Meanwhile, the company has in its hands the possibility of starting to develop the mobiles that it wants to be manufactured by the manufacturer that decides to partner in this adventure. In this way, Nokia could have its first mobile phones ready for the exact moment when the conditions of the contract it signed with Microsoft expire.
Second image originally posted by mslumiablog.com .
