Nokia marketing VP quits company ahead of Windows Phone 8 launch
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And now, the company’s vice president of product marketing heading the Lumia smarthpone strategy, Ilari Nurmi, has left Nokia. Nurmi confirmed this in an email sent out to to Reuters, but didn’t specify the reason for his leaving.
Was he fired, or was it discontent with what was going on at Nokia? We don’t know, but what we do know is that the success of the new Lumia smartphones is crucial for the Finnish phone maker.
The company adopted Windows Phone as its main smartphone platform in early 2011, and since then has been in free fall. Releasing the first Windows Phone devices in the Lumia series brought little consolation as users weren’t buying them as Nokia had hoped for.
Lastly, Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform started to lose market share again in August, after peaking at around 4% of the smartphone market in May 2012.
source: Reuters
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11 Comments
1. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 08 Oct 2012, 04:51 3
Anyway it shows Nokia has no strategy when it comes to sales.
6. SuperAndroidEvo posted on 08 Oct 2012, 07:20 3
That is exactly right! He left because he knows that the EXCLUSIVITY deal they have with AT&T is the dumbest move they could have probably done.
The Nokia Lumia 920 is a VERY sexy & brilliantly made WP8. To limit it's exposure to just AT&T is going to severely hamper it's success. Now if Nokia & Microsoft would have released this monster phone to the masses he may STILL be here & we would not be talking about this at all.
Microsoft just sabotaged themselves by only selling their BEST WP8 device the Nokia Lumia 920 with AT&T.
FAIL is the only word I can come up with.
+1
8. SonyXperiaNexus posted on 08 Oct 2012, 11:38 0
What i think is that nokia should have made some kind of deal with microsoft according to which microsoft would grant them some exclusive features or extras that would differentiate it as an exclusive windows phone manufacturer. seems only fair coz unlike others nokia has devoted full priority to windows phone. but they didnt and now look, devotion gone down the drain. Its better if nokia uses android as well as windows phone to get some profit for investment in R&D for windows phone then make its exclusive apps for the platform that would truly make their windows phones stand out among other manufacturers'. and then when they have a firm footing in the market, they can do as they please with android.
2. Snoobab posted on 08 Oct 2012, 05:02 4
I've gotta feeling WP8 is gonna be huge. Don't quit just yet, Ilari!
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-Phone/Summit/Keynote
5. Nathan_ingx posted on 08 Oct 2012, 07:15 3
It doesn't mean anything for me...people sack people or resign whenever necessary. Might not have a direct relation with the Lumia release. Unless there is a valid proof, i'll remain optimistic through out.
10. SonyXperiaNexus posted on 08 Oct 2012, 11:42 0
yeah or maybe they fired him and got someone better
7. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 08 Oct 2012, 11:32 0
needs a lil more faith......sounds like severe worry
11. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 08 Oct 2012, 20:21 0
i dont know why PA still didnt report that T-Mobile US announce Nokia 810- a phone that is exclusive to the carrier!
http://www.wpcentral.com/how-t-mobile-lumia-810-differs-lumia-820
its identical to 820 but got better battery....
and the device looks like the pic that PA was using on the surface phone rumor post!
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Microsoft-not-planning-its-own-phone-says-Stephen-Elop_id35127
