In one of his interviews Nokia CEO Stephen Elop spoke about Nokia’s Windows Phone handsets. He talked about the customers’ disappointment regarding Nokia Lumia 900 4G LTE connectivity. Then he mentioned that the popularity of LTE networks is rapidly growing in Europe, but still the main consumer of this type of handsets is the US. We must agree with him as the Lumia 900 will be firstly launched via AT&T, and not via a European mobile operator.
Nokia CEO mentioned they will have more WP handsets in the future, noting that future phones will have “different shapes, sizes, [and] different configurations, of course…. There is a lot more to watch.”
As a former pilot Elop expressed desire to have more airplane-related apps for the Marketplace, though I strongly doubt his desire is widely shared among WP handset fans.
He also talked about Nokia’s plans to launch more WP handsets with short and steady intervals. As to the OS he made the following statement:
“Our primary challenge is to make sure that a consumer is aware of the products, understands how the user experience with the Live Tiles works and everything that makes Windows Phone what it is. We have to help them understand that and we have to get the devices in their hands. Everything we are doing is focused on reducing the friction in that process.
“The point is, we are educating consumers about the tiles, about that experience, because what is out there in the industry today, people are most familiar with, is a grid of applications and icons that don’t do anything. They aren’t used to things that are scrolling, that are alive, that are presenting information. So as we introduce them to that, we are confident then that we will see some good momentum. But it is still very early days…
Our first priority, always, always, is to differentiate our experience from Android and iPhone. That is job one, two and three quite frankly.”
