Microsoft officially acquires Nokia's devices & services units

02 September, 2013
The deal is expected to wrap up in the first quarter of 2014, after the usual round of regulatory approvals.

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  • doom
  • PAX
  • 04 Sep 2013

i never thought that the company(nokia) that make best devices for decades are such a big fools. many people on the internet and gsmarena said that nokia is going right way and said they are supporters of nokia. they are still saying nokia is going right way and calling themselves nokia fans.ha!ha!ha! what a joke! nokia if you havent made stephon flop ceo(mr trojan) and have used android atleast we user would have got better phones,you would have been more rich and not ms property. such a fool employees.

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    • AnonD-77318
    • PA7
    • 04 Sep 2013

    AnonD-81729, 04 Sep 2013Windows Phone 8 is growing. Microsoft bought Nokia at the r... morethanks to Nokia, it's not because of Windows Phone OS or Microsoft, actually this OS is sucks!

      • r
      • ricko
      • L5%
      • 04 Sep 2013

      Bye bye Nokia.....Microsoft's brilliant track record with Balmer at the wheel, speaks for itself... your death certificate has been signed & sealed. SHORT NOKIA NOW!

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        • AnonD-94196
        • Xuu
        • 04 Sep 2013

        Microsoft notable to create good or interesting os

        the best is only android

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          • MdN
          • p41
          • 04 Sep 2013

          AnonD-81729, 04 Sep 2013Android dropped quite a bit in marketshare in Q2 2013 while... moreYes. WP8 was growing in Europe because European people wanted to support the last European brand. They thought Nokia could be cool and competitive again, but MS was the lazy one being slow with updates. Very few people here will now buy a WP phone without the Nokia name on it.

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            • AnonD-77443
            • vuI
            • 04 Sep 2013

            AnonD-81729, 04 Sep 2013Android is also plummet in the US. Down 7.6% http://www.... moreI will repeat........ WORLDWIDE Android market share was up 10% to 80%.

              • J
              • J2ME User
              • Tuh
              • 04 Sep 2013

              AnonD-81729, 04 Sep 2013Change UI that even create more force closes? Average peopl... moreAverage people do no care about an old, ugly and boring UI.

                • m
                • mobileman
                • 8yq
                • 04 Sep 2013

                as I say it since the alliance with microsoft..but banned my coment,., this will be a future ENRON. just remember

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                  • AnonD-131407
                  • Nra
                  • 04 Sep 2013

                  nokiagothebetterdeal, 03 Sep 2013Nokia used to be good, but they are terrible now and even w... moreGood for them you're not making offers on behalf of MS

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                    • David
                    • tmH
                    • 04 Sep 2013

                    Seems this is the end of Nokia, RIP.

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                      • loveneesh
                      • utB
                      • 04 Sep 2013

                      Alas !!! all the hopes of seeing an android based nokia device are gone now. I do not think Microsoft will ever use Android on it's product.

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                        • NL
                        • 6{0
                        • 04 Sep 2013

                        years ago, sony make phones, sony didn't really success. then they join with ericsson which are more popular that time.
                        after years, sony bought ericsson. now there's only the big brand of SONY. the so called sony-ericsson brand is dumped. so sony just riding ericsson train to success.
                        now microsoft will do the same to nokia. can anybody see this coming?

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                          • AnonD-81729
                          • kg3
                          • 04 Sep 2013

                          AnonD-77443, 04 Sep 2013So your saying that Android is down in the US, WP is up in ... moreAndroid is also plummet in the US. Down 7.6%

                          http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/kantar-androids-us-market-share-dominance-erodes-ios-closes/2013-09-03

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                            • AnonD-122899
                            • QXN
                            • 04 Sep 2013

                            AnonD-81729, 04 Sep 2013Windows Phone 8 is growing. Microsoft bought Nokia at the r... moreLet me quote you from the article.

                            "Globally, Apple and Android continue to dominate sales, but there are interesting regional patterns emerging. Android is far stronger across the major European markets and China where it accounted for around 70% of smartphone sales during the past quarter.

                            Apple continues to perform very well in the USA where it has grown its share to 43.4% of sales. It is also continuing to show strong year on year growth in Britain, France and Mexico. Sunnebo explains: “Apple and Android must focus on a balance between retaining existing customers and attracting featurephone owners to trade up if they want to continue their success over the next year.”"

                              • D
                              • AnonD-122899
                              • QXN
                              • 04 Sep 2013

                              AnonD-81729, 04 Sep 2013Change UI that even create more force closes? Average peopl... moreWhat BS you talking about? If people don't care about UI, why MS invested so much on Metro UI for WP? You are nothing but a troll against Android.

                                • D
                                • AnonD-143917
                                • f09
                                • 04 Sep 2013

                                this is an insult to everything nokia. Nokia could stand on its own but that bullshit ceo is to blame. This was well planned! Nokia plans to use windows phone 7 and abandon meego and symbian completely! This is goodbye for me to nokia.

                                  • D
                                  • AnonD-77443
                                  • vuI
                                  • 04 Sep 2013

                                  AnonD-81729, 04 Sep 2013I should have said Android is down 7.6% in the US.So your saying that Android is down in the US, WP is up in Europe therefore people are getting tired of Android?

                                  (despite Androids world market share growing 10% to 80% in 12 months)

                                  You aren't a politician are you?

                                    • frh
                                    • uu$
                                    • 04 Sep 2013

                                    AnonD-81729, 04 Sep 2013Windows Phone 8 is growing. Microsoft bought Nokia at the r... moreMS is doomed, how will they compete with Apple using Nokia's hardware expertise alone? Google(OS)+Motorola(hardware brand) are still better equipped to compete with Apple(OS+hardware brand) than Microsoft(OS)+Nokia(hardware brand).
                                    Apple will end up being the clear winner in battle between Google+Motorola vs Microsoft+Nokia at least in US.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • QWk
                                      • 04 Sep 2013

                                      RIP Nokia.
                                      It was nice to use your products - 5210, 3310, 3210, 5010,

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                                        • AnonD-81729
                                        • kg3
                                        • 04 Sep 2013

                                        Windows Phone 8 is growing. Microsoft bought Nokia at the right time. Record share for Windows Phone.

                                        http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/Global/News/Record-share-for-Windows-phone