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The group that was once Nokia's mobile division has gone through a great number of changes in the past few years. After declining sales of Symbian devices, the company decided to go all in with Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. In a very short time, Nokia became the number one vendor of Windows Phone smartphones in the world. Despite this, the move to Windows Phone failed to revitalize the company. In August of last year, Microsoft purchased Nokia's mobile devices business in a 7.2 billion dollar acquisition. Less than a month later, Microsoft launched the Nokia Lumia 830, and the Nokia Lumia 735. These were the last two Lumia smartphones that would be branded as Nokia devices. With Nokia's phone division absorbed into Microsoft, future...
Dropbox Releases App for Windows Phone
Late last year Dropbox announced that they had entered into a partnership with Microsoft. When this partnership was announced, the first benefit that it brought to consumers was Dropbox...
17 by Brandon Chester on 1/21/2015
Nokia Announces New Low Cost Lumia 530
Nokia has had a lot of success with Windows Phone in the more budget-oriented segment of the market. The Lumia 630, which we recently reviewed, does well in its...
19 by Brandon Chester on 7/23/2014
Nokia Lumia Updates - New High End, New Markets
During the day 1 keynote at the Microsoft BUILD developer’s conference, Stephen Elop took the stage to announce some new Nokia Lumia phones with Windows Phone 8.1. First up was...
40 by Brett Howse on 4/3/2014
Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 8.1
This morning at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Microsoft kicked off its semi-annual BUILD developer conference with a keynote address detailing what’s coming now and in the near...
48 by Brett Howse on 4/2/2014
Nokia World: GDR3 Phones and a Tablet
As expected, with the release of Windows Phone 8 GDR3, OEMs are releasing phones to go with the update. Nokia, the leader in Windows Phone, announced two phablets, a...
50 by Joshua Ho on 10/24/2013
Windows Phone 8 GDR3 Update Breakdown
Today, Microsoft announced the third developer update to Windows Phone 8, which brings support for larger screens, and 1080p display resolution. This also means a larger start screen, going...
44 by Joshua Ho on 10/15/2013
Nokia Lumia 521: Quality Smartphone on an Extreme Budget
The Nokia Lumia 521 is very interesting. It’s the T-Mobile US version of the Lumia 520, and ships with AWS HSPA+ for just $129 sans contract or subsidy. It’s...
117 by Vivek Gowri on 8/8/2013
From Mango to Apollo: The HTC Windows Phone 8X on the Daily
While almost all of the AnandTech editors are using Android or iOS smartphones as their daily driver due to the relative maturity of those platforms (and oftentimes bleeding edge...
118 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/28/2013
Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8X by HTC Preview
For a long time Microsoft was in an enviable position in the smartphone space. It had almost all the pieces of the puzzle you’d expect for delivering a truly...
96 by Brian Klug on 10/29/2012
Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 Event - Liveblog
We're in San Francisco for Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 event today, where the software giant will unveil the latest in its smartphone platform. There's a lot more in store...
12 by Brian Klug on 10/29/2012
The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 6
Sorry for the delay this week! With Brian in Seoul, me getting back from NYC and Ian in London it was difficult to all get together for our usual...
38 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/27/2012
Hands On with the Windows Phone 8X and 8S
Earlier this morning Microsoft and HTC announced the new Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S. The specs of the two phones is below, but basically you're looking at...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2012
The Windows Phone 8X and 8S by HTC
Check out our hands on with the devices here. At an event today in NYC, HTC unveiled its first two Windows Phone 8 devices: the Windows Phone 8X and 8S...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2012
HTC's Windows Phone 8 NYC Event live blog
We just sat down at HTC's NYC event. Specifics aren't being shared about what's being announced here but follow along with our live blog to see what's bound to...
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/19/2012
Nokia Announces Lumia 920 & 820 Running Windows Phone 8
Nokia just announced its next-generation Windows Phone 8 devices: the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Both are pentaband devices (available in both LTE and HSPA+ versions later this year...
42 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2012
Live from the Nokia/Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Press Conference
We just got seated for the Microsoft/Nokia Windows Phone 8 press conference in NYC. This is the first of many press events happening this week. There's a Motorola event...
49 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/5/2012
Samsung ATIV Line Outed at IFA: Windows 8, RT and Phone 8 Devices Revealed
Samung's still midstride in their IFA presentation, but they've already gone live with their announcements, and if they wanted to move the conversation along from the current news cycle...
9 by Jason Inofuentes on 8/29/2012
New Windows Start Screen Demoed on Lumia 900 running Windows Phone 7.8
We just caught up with Greg Sullivan, senior product manager for Windows Phone, who was showing off a Lumia 900 running a non-final Windows Phone 7.8 build. The WP7.8...
16 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012
Microsoft Announces First Windows Phone 8 Hardware Partners, Qualcomm SoCs Inside [Update: MSM8960]
Probably one of the biggest rumors leading up to the Windows Phone 8 announcement was some speculation that Qualcomm would lose its exclusive status as the sole SoC vendor...
44 by Brian Klug on 6/20/2012
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