Elop closed the Symbian Foundation in November 2010, 'leaked' the burning platform memo on 8th February 2011 and publicly declared Symbian obsolete on 11th February 2011 despite having nothing viable to replace it with.

By the end of 2011 NOKIA's 'brand value' has plummeted and you think Symbian is to blame

Before Elop destroyed Symbian's marketability the handset division had never made a loss EVER - at that time NOKIA's real problem was NSN.


Click on the NOKIA link on that page and read what it says. Let me quote:

"In 2010, Nokia saw volume and value growth in the global mobile device market driven by rapid growth in converged mobile devices. At the same time, the competitive environment in mobile devices intensified, adversely impacting its competitive position in the market. Our device volumes were also adversely affected in the second half of 2010 by shortages of certain components.

However, in the second quarter of 2011 (Q2/2011), Nokia saw a decrease in operating profit of 59.3% to €391 million compared to €660 million in the second quarter of 2010 (Q2/2010). At the same time, net sales decreased from €10 billion in Q2/2010 to €9.3 billion in Q2/2011.This can be related to the 20% drop in mobile device sales from 111 million units in Q2/2010 to 88.5 million units in Q2/2011."

See how that timeline works?

Prior to Elop's act of incompetence / sabotage NOKIA had "volume and value growth in the global mobile device market driven by rapid growth in converged mobile devices"

After Elop's act of incompetence / sabotage NOKIA had a "20% drop in mobile device sales from 111 million units in Q2/2010 to 88.5 million units in Q2/2011"

If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck it's probably a duck.