Thread: Let's talk Nokia stock!
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2011-08-05 , 05:05
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#455
Originally Posted by droitwichgas View Post
The new Nokia WP7 phone is rumoured to save the same WP7 OS as any other WP7 phone, how is that different from Android? Just more bull from Elop.

If Nokia do ever have any influence over M$ in the future by then nobody will care anyway, if iOS & Android keep on increasing market share as they are at present.
Plus, Nokia will be contributing their IP (ie. Nokia/Ovi Maps) to the WP7 pool which then becomes available to all other WP7 vendors - HTC, Samsung, LG etc. - further reducing any exclusive "differentiation" Nokia can bring to WP7. Having a "Carl Zeiss" camera isn't going to stop people buying a sweet dual-core Android device, or buying the cheaper HTC/Samsung WP7 devices with their perfectly good point-and-shoot cameras.

The expectation is that Nokia Maps won't even make it in time for the Mango release, and that Nokia will be shipping bog-standard Mango on it's Compal-manufactured WP7 device. Yes, it won't even be making the first WP7 phone itself but has been forced to outsource production to someone else. What a shocking mess.

The Nokia share price dipped below $5 to $4.90 in after market New York trading - it's lowest price since early 1997.