Nokia investors tell CEO their patience running thin

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3 pointsjoe_the_user2 comments

I think that is an unnecessarily harsh view. Even if Nokia shifted to Android tomorrow, their hardware pipeline is still months behind HTC and Samsung. There is no way they can compete against them, let alone HG and Sony. Their short term thinking in the 2000s cause them to land in this mess in the first place, sticking with Microsoft and its war chest is probably the best chance they have right now, at least until they get their manufacturing cadence up to speed with the rest.

What matters a lot is branding. That's what makes the difference mainly between Samsung and HTC, even though HTC arguably makes the better phones overall. Nokia can get the branding - I'd say pretty easily. And they make pretty good phones.

They also still have much better relationships with carriers around the world than HTC or others (except in US, where they've always struggled). They used to have the best relationships, but I guess now that belongs to Apple and Samsung. If they would've chosen Android in 2011, it would've been much easier to keep their leadership.

No matter how well they'll do in the "WP market", the whole WP market is still but a niche market in the smartphone market.

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