Nokia phones poised for comebackReuters The Nokia consumer brand lives on as the badge on cheaper, entry-level "feature phones" sold mainly in Asia, India and Eastern Europe. Nokia smartphones are poised for a comeback after former managers at the Finnish company licensed the handset brand from Microsoft and struck up partnerships with Google and phone manufacturer Foxconn. HMD Global, led by Nokia veteran Arto Nummela, wants to launch its first Nokia smartphone in the early part of next year using Google's Android operating system. HMD last week took over the feature phone business that Nokia sold to Microsoft. The Nokia name is still on a tenth of the feature phones sold around the world.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2016 21:04 UTC