Nokia CEO talks hero device, phablet, carrier exclusivity

03 May, 2013
Stephen Elop said a 'hero' device will launch by the end of June, with carrier exclusivity in the US.

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  • AnonD-134497
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  • 03 May 2013

Well we have to admit, not just admit but a fact that Samsung is the king of Smartphones but it is just for now. Future is unseen and unpredictable, of course it can be predicted to the approx values sometimes but not exactly and these are also rare cases as well.

As WP is growing, I bet it would be once again with Nokia, on the top of mobile phones. The place it belongs to.

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    • Rasta from Jamaica
    • jxX
    • 03 May 2013

    lol, 03 May 2013last days of agony - dying nokia will go under in year time... moreThats weird then how comes Nokia is the TOP Manufacturer even vendor on Windows OS not even Samsung the King of Android for the record i have a Galaxy S2 so not being biased or ignorant

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      • klk
      • uuH
      • 03 May 2013

      DKP, 03 May 2013Dear NOKIA, Please break-up with Windows... You can cross... moresee not another driod suck company

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        • Anonymous
        • HKA
        • 03 May 2013

        Can't wait for it! Hope it really is a killer device, much like the N95 was 6 years ago.

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          • hola!
          • uuH
          • 03 May 2013

          yan, 03 May 2013i never understood why carrier exclusivity... isnt the goal... moresave money and keep profit high and avoid the loses..
          means .. marketing done by only oprater

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            • Heretic
            • PYN
            • 03 May 2013

            AnonD-94869, 03 May 2013all my friends are android and ios users and some of them a... moreI dont think so, not that i think that WP is bad but i do think tablets are part of a trend.

            You see people claiming that tablets are the way to go, and then u see them buying keyboard docks and mouses to use with their so acclaimend tablets.

            If u need that much power and funcionality, go buy a laptop, at least, that's what i think.

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              • Hector
              • s0V
              • 03 May 2013

              yan, 03 May 2013i never understood why carrier exclusivity... isnt the goal... moreYep !!!
              Unless no one cares about your stuff and you end up begging at every door with devices almost given away in hope a getting a co-branding marketing campaign. With exclusivity, you can get solo featuring, while all carrier wide release won't garantee a front feature campaign. But what is the point as you said when your exquisite soufflé is not the burger that everyone is seen having. You need to make sure more people can have a taste of it. I guess a exclusivity comes with a definite order that can help secure the first batches out of the assembly lines.

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                • AnonD-84292
                • fkm
                • 03 May 2013

                Anonymous, 03 May 2013Nokia is always the hero. That's in the past.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • qIR
                  • 03 May 2013

                  yan, 03 May 2013i never understood why carrier exclusivity... isnt the goal... moreimo. Business. Pull in on the sales on one carrier then finally 3 years later you start licensing them to t-mobile.

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                    • AnonD-94869
                    • 0Cb
                    • 03 May 2013

                    all my friends are android and ios users and some of them are even fanatics and many of them have phone and tablets as well. but yesterday they saw my new asus vivotab smart tablet with windows 8 (full desktop version, not bloody RT) and they became crazy when they saw that my tablet can install any program found by google like their home desktop, no app store dependent, and i can do anything with it like a normal ultrabook. judging after their reactions i can tell: in one year, the amount of windows 8 tablets will be at least triple and this phenomenon will carry the windows 8 mobile after it. winows 8 mobile will still have hard times, but it will follow the success of windows 8 tablets and ultrabooks, where google and apple are nothing. my windows 8 asus vivotab smart costs 350 euros brand new with all taxes and is much above any ios or android tablet. i rest my case. for windows 8 tablets the future is bright. A NOKIA TABLET WITH WINDOWS 8 WILL BE A REAL BLAST, with the condition to have windows 8 full version, not rt

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                      • AnonD-129591
                      • 6%H
                      • 03 May 2013

                      A 6" WP phablet? That's what we call a good news.

                      Let's say:
                      - >= 2GB RAM
                      - >= dual-cores (Intel please)
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                        • yan
                        • j8w
                        • 03 May 2013

                        i never understood why carrier exclusivity... isnt the goal to sell as many as possible? why not have it on all carriers and not just one?

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                          • AnonD-117631
                          • L90
                          • 03 May 2013

                          DKP, 03 May 2013Dear NOKIA, Please break-up with Windows... You can cross... morehahah what a joke :P

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                            • Saurabh
                            • H4u
                            • 03 May 2013

                            AnonD-94869, 03 May 2013from the brands making android devices only samsung is a wi... moreThough am not a droid fan, but i think it's one of the most popular OS after iOS, but where i don't agree with you is the build quality, Nokia phones have unmatched build quality which samsung never showed us inspite of having n number of phones in every category... I think if Nokia comes up with android with there HW it will be a huge hit...

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                              • AnonD-81600
                              • t7X
                              • 03 May 2013

                              AnonD-60243, 03 May 2013Nokia should do better,they shoul distribute their phones well.and also advertise them well :D

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 7wk
                                • 03 May 2013

                                DKP, 03 May 2013Dear NOKIA, Please break-up with Windows... You can cross... moreNokia is manufacturing windows phone so windows OS is good for Nokia to overcome it's market share

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                                  • AnonD-94869
                                  • 0Cb
                                  • 03 May 2013

                                  DKP, 03 May 2013Dear NOKIA, Please break-up with Windows... You can cross... morefrom the brands making android devices only samsung is a winner because of its immense quantity of cheap android devices. sony, htc,motorola are barely living in android market. why should nokia be a winner over night if it will use android ?? what guarantee did you have? zero !! windows 8 tablets with windows 8 desktop version (not RT) are more and more from all brands, also windows 8 ultrabooks and these devices will carry after them windows 8 mobiles in a superb,perfect ecosystem...microsoft "skydrive" combined with "one note" are already working perfect on windows 8 phones. soon android and ios tablets with stupid expansive applications from their restictive stores will disappear. windows 8 will be everywhere

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                                    • DKP
                                    • 03 May 2013

                                    Dear NOKIA,
                                    Please break-up with Windows...
                                    You can cross over SAMSUNG, APPLE or so and so market leador if shake hands with ANDROID.
                                    With WINDOWS you are killing your Future before it begins.
                                    WINDOWS is only good for computers and WINDOWS PHONE lack far behind other OS

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                                      • AntiComplainer
                                      • 0xy
                                      • 03 May 2013

                                      heroes --> eos

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • P%E
                                        • 03 May 2013

                                        Late in anyways. Stephen Elop-Nokia and Windows mobile killer.