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Nokia was testing Android on Lumias before Microsoft sale

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Before Nokia bet its smartphone ambitions on Windows Phone, the idea of an Android-powered Nokia device was not so hard to believe. Now, according to a new report fromThe New York Times, it turns out Nokia engineers did develop Lumia phones that ran Google's Android operating system. The report, which cites people familiar with the matter, says that Android was running on Nokia smartphones internally "well before" discussions that led to Microsoft's purchase of the company's handset division, which suggests that such efforts may have taken place in 2012 or early 2013. Additionally, it's said that while Microsoft knew about the project — and confirmed its existence to theTimes —it "wasn’t a part of Microsoft’s discussions" prior to the acquisition. Still, the threat of Nokia abandoning Windows Phone (a move that it was free to make at the end of 2014) for Android would have been devastating for Microsoft's struggling mobile operating system, as Nokia makes the vast majority of devices that run the OS.

 

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/13/4727950/nokia-was-testing-android-on-lumias-before-microsoft-sale

One of the biggest "What if". I guess we will never know.

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Mannnn I would love a 1020 running android 4.2/4.3/what ever is the latest

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1020  running Android? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THIS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1020  running Android? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THIS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Mannnn I would love a 1020 running android 4.2/4.3/what ever is the latest

 

What is 1020? Why do you praise it so much?

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Yeah... The biggest reason why I bought S3 over lumia last summer was because of android > win8.

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What is 1020? Why do you praise it so much?

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pretty certain this is a repost

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What is 1020? Why do you praise it so much?

Its a 41 mega pixel phone

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Yeah but there's a reason why Newkia exists or whatever they're calling it now.

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Nokia is so awesome there phones have great build quality, awesome camera, and nearly perfect except for the OS. I have been hearing all the bad news about nokia lately.  :(  :mellow:

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