Nokia now looks nothing like the gigantic phone maker Nokia we used to know. After Microsoft purchased the company, Nokia is basically divided in three divisions: its networking unit that is the most profitable and serious part of its current operations; then the Nokia maps division responsible for Here maps; and only then, finally, the Nokia device division.
So far, in its new and independent, post-Microsoft standing, Nokia as a device maker has only released one device: the Nokia N1 tablet. It’s not surprising that there are no new phones released by Nokia now: the company is bound by its official contract with Microsoft to not release a new phone with the Nokia brand until the third quarter of 2016. Only then, will the Nokia brand be unchained from the legal ties of that contract, and Nokia could finally release new phones using its own brand name.
