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Nokia plans to undercut Windows rivals with volume focus

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/nokia-plans-to-undercut-windows-rivals-with-volume-focus.148863/

socrates
socrates Original post #1
Nov 17, 2011 at 9:26 AM
Nokia plans to undercut its Windows Phone rivals to give its new smartphones a foothold in the market before trying to improve margins, its Chief Executive Stephen Elop said on Wednesday. Nokia unveiled a strategy shift to use Microsoft software on its smartphones in February in a bid to create a rival to Apple and Google's Android, and launched its first two models using it last month.
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Nokia plans to undercut Windows rivals with volume focus
coderunknown
coderunknown #2
Nov 17, 2011 at 10:19 AM
this means most likely Symbian is dead. atleast in 15k+ section. so N8's successor will be WP based.
thetechfreak
thetechfreak #3
Nov 17, 2011 at 10:36 AM
Not bad news. But will be Sad as Symbian will die after such long service.

Sam said:
so N8's successor will be WP based.
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Looks like my guess yesterday has come true :wink:
socrates
socrates #4
Nov 17, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Two new versions of Symbian named Carla & Donna have been seen *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/mobile-monsters/148829-n8-successor-land-next-year.html post #7