However, Nokia is not a brand that I associate with statements like "creating beautifully designed products" or general consumer products period.
Do I really need mention their phones of old? As for consumer products, all I've owned are a set of their Bluetooth noise-canceling headphones (also "of old" considering I've had them for 5 or 6 years). They're awesome, and I'll be sad when they die. That's all I know, but it's enough that I wouldn't immediately discount the idea that Nokia can make decent consumer products.
Really? Old Nokia phones were beautifully designed, as are (IMO) Lumias (not sure how much of the latter is attributable to Microsoft, though).
Re:Withings acquired by Nokia
by HelloRipley on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @12:20PM
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Pretty much all of the Lumia design mnemonics was outsourced by Nokia to Frog in Helsinki.
Re:Withings acquired by Nokia
by chipotle_coyote on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @01:33PM
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I don't think that's true. The Lumia design language is actually the Nokia N8/N9 design language (look at pictures of either of them and this is immediately evident), and that was designed in-house by a team lead by Axel Meyer.
(Also, Frog Design is based in Palo Alto, and their web site doesn't list a Helsinki office.)
Nokia certainly has a history as a design-oriented consumer brand. They were making elegant metallic phones already in 1998:
However, Nokia is not a brand that I associate with statements like "creating beautifully designed products" or general consumer products period. I wasn't aware they're tapping back into the general consumer market after selling off its mobile division? (Though I did hear something about making a come back in making phones for Nokia)