Nokia really missed the boat on adopting Android back in 2010 when Samsung did. Nokia was still bigger than Samsung then in smartphone sales. After that, Android really took off (like from 4 to 30 percent market share in one year), and Nokia started to rapidly decline.
The choice of going WP7 later on, only compounded on the initial decision of not going Android, as WP was behind in features, recognition, and of course, apps. Three years later, WP still has 2 percent market share globally. It's going nowhere fast, to say the least, even with Microsoft's billions that it has invested in it so far.
The choice of going WP7 later on, only compounded on the initial decision of not going Android, as WP was behind in features, recognition, and of course, apps. Three years later, WP still has 2 percent market share globally. It's going nowhere fast, to say the least, even with Microsoft's billions that it has invested in it so far.