Elop explains: why Nokia didn't choose Android to replace Symbian

Re:Elop explains: why Nokia didn't choose Android to replace... by rst on Sunday July 14, 2013 @03:00PM (#6041787)

Catch up with what? One of the differentiators of Windows Phone was originally supposed to be that Microsoft wasn't allowing reskinning at all, and while the "special relationship" with Nokia was rumored to allow them a little more freedom in this regard, they certainly haven't used it much.

So long as Samsung and HTC Windows Phones offer the same experience as Nokia, they've caught up already. In fact, they'd "caught up" before Nokia even shipped! So, who's playing catch-up here anyway?

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Re:Elop explains: why Nokia didn't choose Android to replace... by bsaul on Sunday July 14, 2013 @05:16PM (#6042283)

I can think of a few things:

- custom apps ( even if it's not on the phones by default) - marketing. once you've got your phones so much associated with and OS, it takes some time to convince your existing users that they'll need to change

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