Just after selling its handset division to Microsoft, rumors are now suggesting that Finnish Company, Nokia is NOT done creating handsets and that it’s planning to release a new Android smartphone.
When Microsoft bought Nokia it got the Nokia brand’s 10-year licence. This means that Nokia can manufacture its own smartphones and sell them as rebranded devices.
That’s not such a huge loss, because the Nokia brand name has lost some of its lustre, seeing as Microsoft dropped the Nokia name in favour of the Lumia brand.
Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia Corporation, has now recently dropped hints that the company might be planning to re-enter the smartphone market, with a smartphone running Android OS.
Nokia going with the Android OS rather than Windows Phone for its new handset is an interesting decision, which could have been influenced either by the licensing agreement between Nokia and Microsoft or by the huge difference between Android market share and Windows Phone – or both.
Reports state that the new phone will be a flagship device, and will be built by the same team that made the Nokia N9.
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