As time passed, Nokia realized they seemed to have made another mistake.
Because as time went on, not only were the Nokia N9 and Nokia 5230 smartphones not selling,
but even the feature phones that Nokia had always been proud of seemed to be unsellable, with sales plummeting!
When Nokia carefully analyzed the reasons, the answer naturally made them want to vomit blood.
Because they discovered that Nokia's online reputation was almost entirely filled with condemnation and insults.
It could be said that the good reputation Nokia had built up over many years seemed to be completely ruined in just a few days!
How could Nokia not want to vomit blood after learning this result?
Needless to say, after suffering this blow, Nokia quickly agreed to the return requests for the Nokia N9 and Nokia 5230 smartphones.
However, Nokia soon realized they had made another mistake.
Because Nokia's compromise did not earn them a good reputation, nor did it restore their previous sales!
Even Nokia's retreat angered the game and software developers who were already working on compatibility.
Because of Nokia's retreat, the sales of the Nokia N9 and Nokia 5230 smartphones naturally plummeted from over two million units to almost zero.
This meant that all the compatibility work those game and software developers had done during that time had become useless.
It could be said that if those game and software developers hadn't just started working on compatibility and the time hadn't exceeded half a month, with not much investment yet,
many game and software developers would have had the urge to run to Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop, and curse him.
However, a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. (Learn from your mistakes)
After this incident, these game and software developers became smarter, and they would never easily invest in new platforms in the future.
And this left a huge pit for the future Microsoft, because Nokia had completely fallen this time.
The damage to Nokia's reputation caused a huge impact on the sales of Nokia's feature phones, which they had always been proud of.
The Nokia N9 and Nokia 5230 in the smartphone field were also unsellable, and with the previous loans of hundreds of millions of dollars,
under this series of blows, Nokia's stock price directly collapsed to the bottom.
After all, the US stock market doesn't have a circuit breaker mechanism. If you are not favored by the shareholders, it is normal to evaporate hundreds of billions of dollars in a single day.
Didn't you see that in the previous life in 2024, Intel's market value evaporated a full 32 billion US dollars in a single day?
So Nokia also experienced a large evaporation of market value this time, although the situation was not as fierce as Intel's, it was just a slower process.
Therefore, Microsoft, which had long coveted the mobile phone field, directly acquired Nokia at a huge cost, just like in the previous life.
From then on, Nokia in this life once again returned to Microsoft's embrace.
As for whether Nokia in this life can rise again, Gao Nian is not very optimistic.
Because Microsoft in this life will definitely want to make the Windows Phone system rise, just like in the previous life.
This can be seen from the fact that Microsoft's new CEO is Elop. You should know that Elop is a senior executive of Microsoft.
In the previous life, after Elop became the new CEO of Nokia, he directly rejected the MeeGo mobile phone system jointly developed with Intel and turned to Microsoft's Windows Phone system.
As for the most correct path, the Android system, he naturally didn't even look at it, because adopting the Android system would not be in Microsoft's interests.
So Nokia was completely screwed over by Microsoft. It can be said that if Nokia hadn't adopted Microsoft's Windows Phone system at that time,
but had adopted the Android system, Nokia would not have faced such an ending, so Nokia was really screwed over by Microsoft.
Nokia in this life is still acquired by Microsoft, and the new CEO who takes office in a hurry is still Elop.
Next, Nokia will definitely continue to insist on using Microsoft's Windows Phone system, and as long as they insist on the Microsoft Windows Phone system,
then Nokia's ending is almost certain, so Nokia may not die now, but it won't last for a few years.
Thinking of this, Gao Nian also felt a sense of sorrow.
I didn't expect that after going around in circles, Nokia would still go back to the old road. Can only say this is Nokia's fate?
Of course, Nokia's demise does not mean that Geek Technology can start to relax from now on.
Because Geek Technology's competitors also include the powerful Apple and Samsung.
Apple has a great CEO, Steve Jobs, who truly changed the world. He alone can influence a company's destiny!
Although Samsung has been silent during this time, Samsung has also had new changes recently.
The newly launched Samsung S3 smartphone actually has two systems for users to choose from, namely the Android system and the Geek smartphone system.
In theory, it is a good thing that Samsung finally adopted the Geek smartphone system, but it is not all good.
After all, Samsung Mobile is backed by the Samsung Electronics Group. Whether it is chips, screens, or other mobile phone accessories or complete machine production,
they can almost form a closed industrial loop on mobile phones, which also leads to their mobile phones having very strong combat power.
At this time, as they choose to adopt the Geek smartphone system, after the drawbacks of the Android phone system are abandoned, Samsung's hidden potential will naturally explode.
Therefore, in the future smartphone market, Samsung is destined to occupy a considerable position.
Of course, for Geek Technology, it doesn't matter if Samsung becomes the second.
After all, no matter how many mobile phones they sell, they have to contribute 15% of the "Geek Tax" to Geek Technology.
So as long as they adopt the Geek smartphone system, it is not necessary to eliminate Samsung, and Geek Technology really can't eliminate them.
After all, they have an almost closed-loop smartphone industry chain, from chip research and development to chip manufacturing, screens, parts, mobile phone SOCs, mobile phone assembly—...
All of this allows Samsung mobile phones to have very strong price reduction capabilities, and also has a lot of profit margins. As long as they are willing to reduce prices, no company can compare to them.
So wanting to eliminate Samsung mobile phones is really quite difficult.
However, as long as they adopt the Geek smartphone system, then Samsung mobile phones will not immediately become a thorn in Geek Technology's side.
After all, Geek Technology's current major enemy is Apple's iPhone, not Samsung, which is preparing to ride the wall and defect to the Geek smartphone system camp.
So Apple and the iPhone instantly became extremely dazzling in the eyes of Geek Technology, and the contradictions between the two sides became more and more intense.
