If you'd have told me that Nokia would be bringing an Android phone before the MS acquisition, i'd have been overjoyed, excited, and a little curious. Legendary Nokia build quality and design fused with an endlessly customisable OS that is Android. Nokia moves the greatest amount of Windows Phone devices, and for them to branch out into Android land seems very intriguing, from a consumer's perspective, Nokia's perspective, and also Microsoft's perspective.
News of the acquisition spread, and any hopes and dreams of an Android phone were crushed. Reports of a 'Normandy' phone seemed implausible. Why would Microsoft let Nokia build on a competitor's platform? A move to Android could only push the few Windows Phone developers onto Android instead, where the bulk of the market lies. But the rumours kept coming. More leaks of a Nokia 'X' phone. Reports placed the X phone as a budget device. Slowly, over and over again, our hopes slowly died down. The reality sinking in.
It makes no sense. Why would Nokia make a smartphone running Android? They own Windows Phone, it's their domain. A venture into uncharted territory could be disastrous, especially if the first try isn't great. Whats more boggling is that Nokia released this while the Nokia-Microsoft merge is taking place. Why would Microsoft sell their competitor's product? Surely this spells early product support death. Not to mention the Nokia X is a budget Android phone. Budget. This usually isn't a good sign for an Android phone. The X phone is also meant to push budding developers into the Microsoft/Nokia app development ecosystem, with assurances that the code is easily portable to and from WP8. Why not make a cheaper Lumia 510 then? This makes no sense.
Nokia has backed itself into a corner here. it's released a cheap Android handset, with largely no Google support, right before being sold off to Microsoft, who inevitably will kill the product line off once the deal is closed. If this to satisfy Android fans, they've done a bad job. If this is to appeal to the lower end, it's probably gonna be a bad experience. If they've made this to help out budding developers, it seems confused. I'm confused.
News of the acquisition spread, and any hopes and dreams of an Android phone were crushed. Reports of a 'Normandy' phone seemed implausible. Why would Microsoft let Nokia build on a competitor's platform? A move to Android could only push the few Windows Phone developers onto Android instead, where the bulk of the market lies. But the rumours kept coming. More leaks of a Nokia 'X' phone. Reports placed the X phone as a budget device. Slowly, over and over again, our hopes slowly died down. The reality sinking in.
It makes no sense. Why would Nokia make a smartphone running Android? They own Windows Phone, it's their domain. A venture into uncharted territory could be disastrous, especially if the first try isn't great. Whats more boggling is that Nokia released this while the Nokia-Microsoft merge is taking place. Why would Microsoft sell their competitor's product? Surely this spells early product support death. Not to mention the Nokia X is a budget Android phone. Budget. This usually isn't a good sign for an Android phone. The X phone is also meant to push budding developers into the Microsoft/Nokia app development ecosystem, with assurances that the code is easily portable to and from WP8. Why not make a cheaper Lumia 510 then? This makes no sense.
Nokia has backed itself into a corner here. it's released a cheap Android handset, with largely no Google support, right before being sold off to Microsoft, who inevitably will kill the product line off once the deal is closed. If this to satisfy Android fans, they've done a bad job. If this is to appeal to the lower end, it's probably gonna be a bad experience. If they've made this to help out budding developers, it seems confused. I'm confused.