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0 pointsunderwater5y ago0 comments

That's a bit of a generous assessment. They had an OS that was launched on one premium phone, well behind iOS, Android and Windows phone. A company like Nokia would struggle to turn their Symbian dumb phone market share into something that could win against Android.

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josefx5y ago· 1 in thread

> They had an OS that was launched on one premium phone, well behind iOS, Android and Windows phone.

Nokia had Maemo since 2005 and tried to move to MeeGo in 2010. IOS was 2007, Android happened 2008 and Microsoft had almost no success with Windows Mobile, only launching Windows Phone near the end of 2010. Weird definition of well behind.

underwaterOP5y ago

You're right. I completely messed up the timings in my memory.

That said, Windows Phone was widely available in 2010. Whereas Nokia hadn't widely rolled out either Maemo or MeeGo.

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