Forbes says Nokia’s Windows Phone Bet now looks like a Good One so far

It took a bit of time for things to start clicking into place but as Nokia’s Lumia portfolio matures, and WP blossoms and their other services improves, sales are picking up and confidence in the Nokia strategy grows.

Finally, great Nokia products that I feel proud of once again to recommend to others are out there (well, most places albeit those still facing availability issues) to delight consumers.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2013/04/12/nokias-bet-on-windows-phone-looks-like-a-good-one-so-far/

The Trefis team posting on Forbes looks back at some data our posts (and readers) discussed previously, showing just how well the Nokia was doing at least in the WP ‘pond’. Forbes says they understand the Windows Phone strategy as being the best chance for Nokia (and imo vice versa, Nokia as WP’s rescuer) and doesn’t think Nokia would have fared any better over at the Android camp (though we may have exhausted this line of talk here at MNB :P). In WP, Nokia gets MS’ backing and promotion. Promotion of Nokia Lumia promotes Windows Phone and Metro UI for Windows 8. It’s in MS’s best interest to see Nokia succeed (and thankfully they’re slowly seeing the error of their ways in briefly galavanting with HTCopypasta – though I do give HTC props on putting more effort into WP than Sammy). There’s a massive world of whatifs. Would Nokia come out better? What happens should Google shift to taking over Android with Moto (hence Sammy looking to have an exit strategy to reduce Google dependence). What if bigG started seriously helping Nokia (would they have?), Nexus Nokias – imagine the exposure that way – and Nokia remaining relevant due to having ‘tEh apps’.

Cheers Janne for the tip!

Category: Lumia, Nokia