The rise, dominance, and epic fall - a brief look at Nokia's history

12 August, 2015
A couple of years ago, Microsoft reached a deal to acquire Nokia's struggling devices and services business, and just recently, the Finnish company sold its HERE mapping unit to a group of German car-makers. It’s true that Nokia has had a terrible last five years, but this doesn’t take away the fact that it was this very company that effectively defined the mobile industry for over a decade prior, and gave us some of the most memorable phones.

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  • karthi
  • Hkt
  • 16 Aug 2015

We miss you Nokia :'(.

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    • 39k
    • 16 Aug 2015

    they were copy cats just like apple and so much of this 1st they are claiming for camera and etc i remember reading about other brands being 1st to do like for camera some samsung i think and that some ericsson was 1st touchscreen and symbian (it had uiq i believe) phone and 1st smartphone
    i think siemens was 1st with memory card and etc this is just some fanboy writing to be ignored

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      • AnonD-399514
      • uu}
      • 16 Aug 2015

      Nokia over now time is apple of

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        • AnonD-70078
        • 39x
        • 16 Aug 2015

        Nokia new the Microsoft thing was going to flop. They were just in it for the capitol. Then the sales of mapping decision . They are sitting in an extremely sweet place now. Ot was all planned if you ask me. And Nokia will bounce back in a year. Just wait and see. The n1 is a vision of what they will be up to.
        Blackberry also on a turn arround.
        Android and ios no place to go now really. . Shit will hit the fan arround 2017

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          • rafh
          • wHr
          • 16 Aug 2015

          Nokia forever..
          I didnt regret buying Nokia lumia 720.
          The best phone so far ive use since 2002 :)

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            • YUf
            • 16 Aug 2015

            AnonD-257744, 16 Aug 2015No mention of the n900 and maemo and how that could of made... moreYou are right sir, the moment they announced stopping N900 Maemo/Meego development, it broke my heart...

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              • gFu
              • 16 Aug 2015

              Don`t forget about Nokia N9 and N900. The first and last MeeGo devices. MeeGo could be kind of good and succesfull alternative to Android and IOS in 2010-2011. But Elop desided otherwise and killed MeeGo during its birth.

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                • TII
                • 16 Aug 2015

                Anonymous, 16 Aug 2015The 2011 solution was as obvious then as it is today. Andro... moreActually, Nokia's decision to go with Windows Phone was a good one at that time. Remember that at that time, Android had a lot of lawsuits hanging on its head, lawsuits that could've put the OS back into a drawer. Windows Phone was the safe and obvious choice.

                Nokia's problem was that they sucked at marketing, and partnering with Microsoft that also suck hard at marketing did not bode well.

                Besides, even if they went Android, how could Nokia, a company that sucked at marketing, compete with Samsung, the company that flooded the market with dozens of Galaxy phone models every year, and had more marketing money than everybody else. Nokia with Android would only be recognised by the few fans, while they would be lost in the sea of Samsung/LG/Droid/Sony phones.

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                  • AnonD-425689
                  • HB8
                  • 16 Aug 2015

                  I still believe that NOKIA will rise up again!
                  2016, their agreement between Microsoft will end. So Nokia will start NEW phones with there name on it.
                  I'll be waiting NOKIA.
                  #nokiaFTW
                  #nokiaRises

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                    • AnonD-257744
                    • nIY
                    • 16 Aug 2015

                    No mention of the n900 and maemo and how that could of made Nokia a very succesful company to this day.

                    Probably the worst decision from Nokia to discontinue maemo.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • RIE
                      • 16 Aug 2015

                      150 years of Nokia. That is how long it will take to bring down a phone company. I still be alive to see that day happened to Samsung and Apple. Those two need to go down and make room for new company soon.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 8A8
                        • 16 Aug 2015

                        The 2011 solution was as obvious then as it is today. Android combined with Nokia build quality would have catapulted them to where Samsung ended up going. Screw the Note series; can you imagine an Android based Communicator?

                        Hey BlackBerry, hope you are taking notes. You still have time.

                        By the way, the other thing that Nokia's death destroyed was the Qt Project, which was supposed to be the development platform of the future. And with that, plus some questionable design decisions, KDE died as well.

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                          • AnonD-289421
                          • nyI
                          • 16 Aug 2015

                          Nokia will be back..

                            Even if nokia remains, I wonder who will make the second coming of 808 sooner. Microsoft I predict...

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                              • Anandanisha
                              • w4h
                              • 16 Aug 2015

                              nokia company is very very nice company and devices is very ince battery backup good i very miss u nokia company nokia prodece 4g mobile i will confome purchase in nokia thanku nokia

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