More details emerge on Nokia's "Mountain View" Android phone, which is still being manufactured by Foxconn

Some new details have emerged on Nokia'south alleged "Plan B" to build an Android phone running on Lumia hardware, in case things went S with their Microsoft partnership.

According to CTechCN, a site with a pretty solid history of reporting leaks, Nokia'southward Beijing Research and Development team designed an Android-powered smartphone codenamed "Mountain View" that was manufactured by Foxconn and had progressed to later on stages of testing.

Reportedly the "Mountain View" was based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q chipset and was what would be considered an economy, or entry-level device.

The project had avant-garde and so far, in fact, that past the time Microsoft had announced that they had purchased Nokia's Devices and Services sectionalization, Foxconn had already produced about 10,000 of the devices. In reality, that number seems unlikely, specially since at that place accept been zero leaks of this device. And even more astonishing than the number of "Mount View" phones floating around out at that place is that rumor has it that they will continue to be manufactured and tested until Nokia shareholders corroborate the Microsoft auction at the general meeting in November.

So if all of this Android stuff was just a backup plan in case Windows Telephone flopped as a platform, why would Nokia continue to manufacture and test the "Mountain View?" I point of cognition was that the original Microsoft-Nokia partnership was ready to start renewal talks in 2022--non also far abroad. That renegotiation was to extended the Microsoft-Nokia partnership past 2022 as that is when the original bargain from 2022 was ready to elapse. Simply if a deal was non reached, Nokia would be free to pursue other options, including an Android-based lineup. Having an Android strategy set up to go would take been a wise fleck to play in those talks with Microsoft, an idle threat if y'all will.

At that place is some chatter that what remains of Nokia could re-establish a hardware division in ii years fourth dimension and pursue an Android strategy. That notion though seems unlikely due to the fact that Microsoft would control a lot of the hardware patents that Nokia used to own and Nokia would have to re-rent and re-establish an entire hardware division--that's a hard chore to pursue. Truth be told, what volition remain of Nokia later on the Microsoft deal goes through won't be geared towards hardware whatever longer.

One thing is for certain, Android enthusiasts would dear to see an Android-powered device with sleek Nokia styling and packed with the kind of camera engineering science that Windows Phone users have been fortunate plenty to experience.

Source: CTechCN (Translated by Bing); Via: UnwiredView

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