calguyhunk Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) Nokia still working on Android phone, won’t cancel until November. Foxconn already made 10K prototypes.Over the weekend New York Times and The Verge reported that before they decided to sell mobile business to Microsoft, Nokia was working on a cheap Android phone codenamed “Mountain View” as a “Plan B” – if they failed to break through with Windows Phone.Today Chinese site and Weibo account CTechnology, with a pretty good track record of China based smartphone leaks, has more details about this cheap Nokia Android.The device, based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q chip, was being developed and tested by Nokia’s Beijing based R&D team, and was already at somewhat advanced prototype stage. In fact, before the announcement of sale, Foxconn has already manufactured and delivered a batch of more than 10 000 prototype Mountain View units.And now for the most interesting part. Mountain View development hasn’t stopped just yet. Foxconn is still making more of them, Beijing based Nokia R&D teams are still working on it, and the project will not be cancelled until/if Nokia shareholders approve Microsoft deal at General Meeting in November.This is not a real Nokia Android. Just some good fan art Though the likelihood of Nokia mobile business buyout not going through is extremely low, stranger things have happened. And with tensions between Nokia and Microsoft surfacing already, nothing is guaranteed 100%, until it finally happens.So there still might be a teeny-tiny hope for all of you who pined for Nokia Androids, and felt that Microsoft deal was the betrayal of everything Nokia stood for. :view: Original Article: Unwired View Edited September 22, 2013 by calguyhunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted September 22, 2013 Author Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) So there still might be a teeny-tiny hope for all of you who pined for Nokia Androids, ...That would be me, thank you :PBut seriously, this sounds wayyy too good to be true unfortunately. :(NOKIA + ANDROID (done well and priced right) = RIP SAMSUNG Edited September 22, 2013 by calguyhunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Nokia with Android? That will save them from the hell :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realraydon Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 if Nokia had android phones, so many Nokia super fans would take Nokia back to its day. but i doubt this. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House_maniac Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 (edited) franckly saying i love nokia i just bought a s4 but i've always bought nokia if nokia in the near future produces phones with android i'm gona buy it because nokia is quality build i still have my 5800 express music and its still working fine nokia is just nokia in one word sad to see them go like this to microsoft :( Edited September 26, 2013 by House_maniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littevers1991 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I don't think nokia would come up with android phones as for now nokia is in the hands of microsoft. Microsoft won't allow nokia phones to be flashed up with android being an OS developer itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badrobot Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I am not sure of that, but I have a feeling that BlackBerry will soon run on Android. BB has a great hardware, but the downside of their smartphone is the poor OS design that they keep pushing down our throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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