Do you think that Nokia accepted without too many "comments" to give up Symbian and implement Windows Phone 7 in its own terminals? If yes, then you are very wrong because the CEO of Nokia Stephen Elop declared during a conference held at the Mobile World Conference 2011 that Microsoft will pay several billion dollars to Nokia for the launch of smartphones with Windows Phone 7. Everyone criticized the decision of those from Nokia, but for Stephen Elop, the pressure of the shareholders mattered the most and in an effort to reassure them, he decided to divulge the main reason why this partnership between Nokia and Microsoft was concluded.
BARCELONA, Spain — Nokia will get billions of dollars from Microsoft to ditch its current smartphone software in favor of Windows Phone 7, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said Sunday, defending the deal. On Sunday, a day ahead of the start of the Mobile World Congress cellphone trade show in Barcelona, Elop told the media, analysts and industry players that apart from the benefits of the alliance laid out Friday, Microsoft is paying Nokia billions of dollars to switch to Windows Phone 7. "This is something I don't think was completely explained," said Elop, who until September was president of Microsoft's Business division.
Apparently, Nokia also had offers from Google, which tried to convince them to use Android in their smartphones, but it was impossible for a former president of Microsoft's Business division to choose Google instead of his former company. Nokia lost 14 percent on the stock market, it lost a few points in terms of image, but it will earn billions of dollars in the coming years, money it desperately needs considering that half-yearly profits have decreased year after year.
