Speaking at a conference organized by the American edition of D9, All Things Digital, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop (Stephen Elop) commented on the recent rumors of a possible takeover by Microsoft Mobile Nokia units and outlined the reasons for the failure of the Finnish giant in the Smartphone market, where the leader is the iPhone.
On the eve of Mobile Research Group analyst Eldar Murtazin wrote in Twitter that “a small software company” agreed to spend 19 billion purchase of “small producer” phones. Despite the fact that the text did not mention specific names of companies, the hint was understandable: the Microsoft and Nokia. Chapter last described these rumors “groundless” and said that such talks never took place.
Market experts continue to believe that Nokia would phone business to someone, then the company would only company Nokia Siemens Networks and Navteq mapping unit Nokia.
With regard to the inability of Nokia to compete with the iPhone, Stephen Elop explains that this situation has developed in two phases. The first occurred in 2004 when the company peaked at 40% of the market and refused to go to the phones, like Super-folded Motorola RAZR. Three years later, Nokia doesn’t believe in the capabilities of the iPhone and did not want to pay attention to innovative developments. A negative result is not forced.