The Impact of Android on Nokia's Windows Phone Efforts: A Smart Move?

Rooting Android Devices and Google Software Considerations

Android has always had the ability to side load apps in APK format, allowing users to install them directly onto their device. This feature is especially useful for accessing third-party apps that may not be available through the Nokia store. By downloading an app in APK format from a reputable source, such as Google Play or another online marketplace, users can easily install it on their device without having to resort to rooting or side loading. However, the availability of these features varies depending on the device's Android version and security settings.

The Relationship Between Microsoft and Nokia

Nokia's decision to release Android-based devices that incorporate Google software is a move that could potentially be seen as an attempt to undercut Microsoft's Windows Phone offerings. The relationship between Microsoft and Nokia has been complicated in recent years, with Microsoft purchasing Nokia's mobile division in 2014. However, it appears that Nokia may be attempting to carve out its own niche in the market by focusing on Android-based devices. By doing so, they may be able to appeal to a different demographic and gain a foothold in the budget overseas market.

The Nokia X Lineup: A Smart Move?

The Nokia X lineup, which includes the X and XL models, could potentially be seen as a smart move for Nokia. With starting prices of around $120 and $150, respectively, these devices are extremely affordable and offer a range of features that may appeal to budget-conscious consumers. Additionally, the inclusion of dual SIM capabilities makes them an attractive option for business travelers and users who need to navigate multiple countries with ease.

The Impact on Windows Phone Sales

Nokia's release of Android-based devices that incorporate Google software could potentially have a negative impact on Microsoft's Windows Phone sales. As Nokia gains traction in the budget overseas market, they may be able to undercut Microsoft's prices and gain a larger share of the market. However, it's worth noting that this is not necessarily a bad thing for Windows Phone users.

The Pinto Analogy: A Warning from Jerry

Jerry from Android Central.com has gone so far as to say that the Nokia X lineup is like the Pinto of Ford, implying that while they may sell well in certain markets, they are ultimately inferior products. While this analogy may be a bit extreme, it does highlight the challenges that Nokia faces in trying to compete with established players like Microsoft.

The Future of Android and Windows Phone

Regardless of how one feels about Nokia's release of Android-based devices, it's clear that the mobile landscape is becoming increasingly complex. As Android continues to evolve and incorporate more Google software, users are faced with a range of options when it comes to choosing their next smartphone. Meanwhile, Microsoft remains committed to its Windows Phone platform, despite the challenges it faces.

Dual SIM Capabilities: A Feature for Business Travelers

One feature that is often overlooked but could be a major draw for business travelers is the inclusion of dual SIM capabilities in Nokia's Android devices. This feature allows users to easily switch between two different SIM cards, which can be useful when traveling from country to country. It's a small but significant detail that could make all the difference for users who need to navigate multiple countries with ease.

The Bottom Line

In conclusion, Nokia's release of Android-based devices that incorporate Google software is a move that could potentially be seen as an attempt to undercut Microsoft's Windows Phone offerings. However, it's not necessarily a bad thing for consumers. With affordable prices and a range of features that appeal to budget-conscious users, the Nokia X lineup could be a smart choice for those looking for a new smartphone. Whether or not this move is a success remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: the mobile landscape is becoming increasingly complex, and it's up to manufacturers like Nokia to adapt and innovate in order to stay ahead of the curve.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys it's David from the unlocker uh lately there's been a lot of talk about Nokia and their Nokia X lineup of smartphones now basically what this is is it's a lineup of budget smartphones from Nokia that all run Android now there's been a lot of talk about Nokia and Android for a very long time uh basically people love how Nokia makes great hardware and they wish they had a better operating system on it um and Android always Springs to mind so now that it's finally happened there are a lot of mixed feelings some people think it's amazing some people think it's absolutely horrible I for one also have mixed feelings but regardless of how I feel about it or how anyone feels about it I think there are a few things that need to be cleared up about this new relationship and about what exactly it means um and then you guys can decide for yourselves whether you think all of this is good or bad okay so first we need to start with what Nokia's Android actually is um so Android is an open source and we've probably heard that before it's an open source project um it is a operating system that a manufacturer or even you or I could just put on our device free of charge doesn't cost anything right so the misconception here though is there are certain things that are that we're used to seeing in Android that we think are just included in that operating system and are also free but they're actually not uh what I'm referring to are things like Gmail Google Maps um and very importantly the Play Store these are actually Google's own apps Google tries to treat it as if they're a app developer just like the rest of us at least that's what they say um and they actually charge a fee an undisclosed amount to manufacturers when they use Android and want to include those particular apps so Android is free but all of those Google apps are not um and Google has you know their own proprietary information with all of those and they're copyrighted and they were there apps so um even though we're used to seeing Android as open source keep in mind that any open source version of Android does not include things like the play store which we're all kind of pretty used to seeing because of Google's close involvement um and and let's face it what good is Android without the Play Store sometimes um now there are other third-party app stores and other third party apps that replace those things um but for the most part obviously the Play Store is the most popular place to get apps for Android with that being said though um obviously Nokia doesn't care we all know that Nokia and Microsoft um both have a lot of their own apps um that will easily supplement in their eyes those Google apps that we're used to seeing for example they have Bing which will replace the Google search they have Bing Maps which will or Nokia Here Maps which will replace um the Google Maps they even have Nokia now has their own store for Android apps uh that will replace the play store so that is something you just kind of have to keep in mind when you're thinking of Android on Nokia you're not necessarily getting all of those things that you're used to seeing in Android um also on top of that Nokia has put their own user interface just like HTC and Samsung and all of them all do on top of Android Nokia is being very Windows phone looking um with tiles and grids and very flat design uh compared to say how HTC and Samsung and whoever else deal with it so those are just things to keep in mind about the difference between Nokia's Android on on the X series and Android as we're used to seeing it on most other devices okay now that you know what Nokia's Android is or can be um it's important to note that it's not what it has to be first thing I thought of when I saw the Nokia X lineup was that is the perfect phone to root now if you don't know what rooting is it's basically the process of gaining administrative rights um on an Android device now once we have administrative rights we actually can access the entire file system and make a whole bunch of changes or whatever we want to the system itself and change things and make them better to our liking um the reason I thought of rooting for this device was because I was pretty sure that Nokia would not put Google software um considering their relationship with Microsoft into their Android devices so rooting um would actually afford a way to put them back now if you were so inclined to rout and put Google Play and all of those other Google apps on your device it does mean that you could get around using the Microsoft and no Services entirely if again you were so inclined aside from rooting Android has always had the ability uh to side load apps In apk format um so this means uh that besides the Google apps because even those those do come in APK format they need to be integrated into the system folder and a bunch of other stuff so they won't work directly out of the box most of them um but other apps so apps that you're used to seeing that may not be in the Nokia store um you can simply Google the name of the app and APK download at the end of that uh and most likely find it and all you have to do is download it to the device tap on it and it'll install um so long as you've turned off the security that allows you to install third party apps um which is simply just checking a box so easy enough um so that's kind of cool you can have all of these Android apps that you're used to seeing even though Nokia may not have picked them up put them in their store um which sounds great in theory uh but the issue is here that even if you have the Google Play apps and you do have those apps from Android on this device it's not going to quite be the same experience the reason being that uh the device itself has very I won't say outdated Hardware but lower-end Hardware um and then does have an outdated version of Android which is probably I think three Cycles old um so it's missing a lot of features not to mention a lot of Hardware acceleration features um and just performance tweaks that the newer versions of Android have now Jerry from Android central.com even goes so far to say that the Nokia X lineup is going to be to Nokia what the pinto was for Ford insinuating that even though it'll sell a few it's utter crap there is a link underneath this video to his entire article um and while I don't agree with the extent of how bad he thinks these devices are he does have some good points and it's probably worth checking out now that we've cleared all of that up um I do believe this still could be a smart move for Nokia um one it can give them back a demographic that they have long since lost um and ones that they used to be the Undisputed Kings of which is the budget overseas Market these devices are really cheap the Nokia X starts without contract at $120 roundabout um and then the Nokia XL they're most expensive in this lineup is about $150 and then also there is a feature that most people seem to forget to mention um on all of these devices and that's that they're dual SIM now if you never heard of dual SIM I'm not really surprised um especially if you're in the United States in the states here we don't really use D dual SIM because we don't have a purpose for but if you're in Europe for example and you're traveling a business or whatever and you go from you know say France to Spain or wherever you have to have a new SIM card for that new country or you'll get hit with outrageous roaming costs so having those tool two dual Sims um does allow a lot of business people a lot of people that travel throughout Europe to have both of those Sims in the same place be able to go to other countries just swap to the other SIM and still receive calls from their original Sim and all of this other fun stuff that's a cool feature for people again in Europe now if you couple that with the fact that Nokia has not uh released any information about these devices here in the US or in the UK I think it's pretty obvious what they're trying to do here I don't think Nokia's concerned with stepping on Windows phones toes um with this kind of an offering if you really think about it any Windows phone device or the cheapest windows phone device overseas the Nokia Lumia 510 uh costs a starting at about $175 with no contract now $55 off which may not sound like much to us years but is a huge gap in other countries plus the added benefit of being dual SIM um and then running a whole plethora of apps that you couldn't normally have run before eh might not be a bad idea for Nokia and I'd love to hear what you guys have to think about this whole concept is it good is it bad what do you have to add so uh reach out to me in the comments underneath this video on YouTube or underneath uh this video on our site and also check out our Twitter Facebook and Google+ and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and let me know what you guys think nhey guys it's David from the unlocker uh lately there's been a lot of talk about Nokia and their Nokia X lineup of smartphones now basically what this is is it's a lineup of budget smartphones from Nokia that all run Android now there's been a lot of talk about Nokia and Android for a very long time uh basically people love how Nokia makes great hardware and they wish they had a better operating system on it um and Android always Springs to mind so now that it's finally happened there are a lot of mixed feelings some people think it's amazing some people think it's absolutely horrible I for one also have mixed feelings but regardless of how I feel about it or how anyone feels about it I think there are a few things that need to be cleared up about this new relationship and about what exactly it means um and then you guys can decide for yourselves whether you think all of this is good or bad okay so first we need to start with what Nokia's Android actually is um so Android is an open source and we've probably heard that before it's an open source project um it is a operating system that a manufacturer or even you or I could just put on our device free of charge doesn't cost anything right so the misconception here though is there are certain things that are that we're used to seeing in Android that we think are just included in that operating system and are also free but they're actually not uh what I'm referring to are things like Gmail Google Maps um and very importantly the Play Store these are actually Google's own apps Google tries to treat it as if they're a app developer just like the rest of us at least that's what they say um and they actually charge a fee an undisclosed amount to manufacturers when they use Android and want to include those particular apps so Android is free but all of those Google apps are not um and Google has you know their own proprietary information with all of those and they're copyrighted and they were there apps so um even though we're used to seeing Android as open source keep in mind that any open source version of Android does not include things like the play store which we're all kind of pretty used to seeing because of Google's close involvement um and and let's face it what good is Android without the Play Store sometimes um now there are other third-party app stores and other third party apps that replace those things um but for the most part obviously the Play Store is the most popular place to get apps for Android with that being said though um obviously Nokia doesn't care we all know that Nokia and Microsoft um both have a lot of their own apps um that will easily supplement in their eyes those Google apps that we're used to seeing for example they have Bing which will replace the Google search they have Bing Maps which will or Nokia Here Maps which will replace um the Google Maps they even have Nokia now has their own store for Android apps uh that will replace the play store so that is something you just kind of have to keep in mind when you're thinking of Android on Nokia you're not necessarily getting all of those things that you're used to seeing in Android um also on top of that Nokia has put their own user interface just like HTC and Samsung and all of them all do on top of Android Nokia is being very Windows phone looking um with tiles and grids and very flat design uh compared to say how HTC and Samsung and whoever else deal with it so those are just things to keep in mind about the difference between Nokia's Android on on the X series and Android as we're used to seeing it on most other devices okay now that you know what Nokia's Android is or can be um it's important to note that it's not what it has to be first thing I thought of when I saw the Nokia X lineup was that is the perfect phone to root now if you don't know what rooting is it's basically the process of gaining administrative rights um on an Android device now once we have administrative rights we actually can access the entire file system and make a whole bunch of changes or whatever we want to the system itself and change things and make them better to our liking um the reason I thought of rooting for this device was because I was pretty sure that Nokia would not put Google software um considering their relationship with Microsoft into their Android devices so rooting um would actually afford a way to put them back now if you were so inclined to rout and put Google Play and all of those other Google apps on your device it does mean that you could get around using the Microsoft and no Services entirely if again you were so inclined aside from rooting Android has always had the ability uh to side load apps In apk format um so this means uh that besides the Google apps because even those those do come in APK format they need to be integrated into the system folder and a bunch of other stuff so they won't work directly out of the box most of them um but other apps so apps that you're used to seeing that may not be in the Nokia store um you can simply Google the name of the app and APK download at the end of that uh and most likely find it and all you have to do is download it to the device tap on it and it'll install um so long as you've turned off the security that allows you to install third party apps um which is simply just checking a box so easy enough um so that's kind of cool you can have all of these Android apps that you're used to seeing even though Nokia may not have picked them up put them in their store um which sounds great in theory uh but the issue is here that even if you have the Google Play apps and you do have those apps from Android on this device it's not going to quite be the same experience the reason being that uh the device itself has very I won't say outdated Hardware but lower-end Hardware um and then does have an outdated version of Android which is probably I think three Cycles old um so it's missing a lot of features not to mention a lot of Hardware acceleration features um and just performance tweaks that the newer versions of Android have now Jerry from Android central.com even goes so far to say that the Nokia X lineup is going to be to Nokia what the pinto was for Ford insinuating that even though it'll sell a few it's utter crap there is a link underneath this video to his entire article um and while I don't agree with the extent of how bad he thinks these devices are he does have some good points and it's probably worth checking out now that we've cleared all of that up um I do believe this still could be a smart move for Nokia um one it can give them back a demographic that they have long since lost um and ones that they used to be the Undisputed Kings of which is the budget overseas Market these devices are really cheap the Nokia X starts without contract at $120 roundabout um and then the Nokia XL they're most expensive in this lineup is about $150 and then also there is a feature that most people seem to forget to mention um on all of these devices and that's that they're dual SIM now if you never heard of dual SIM I'm not really surprised um especially if you're in the United States in the states here we don't really use D dual SIM because we don't have a purpose for but if you're in Europe for example and you're traveling a business or whatever and you go from you know say France to Spain or wherever you have to have a new SIM card for that new country or you'll get hit with outrageous roaming costs so having those tool two dual Sims um does allow a lot of business people a lot of people that travel throughout Europe to have both of those Sims in the same place be able to go to other countries just swap to the other SIM and still receive calls from their original Sim and all of this other fun stuff that's a cool feature for people again in Europe now if you couple that with the fact that Nokia has not uh released any information about these devices here in the US or in the UK I think it's pretty obvious what they're trying to do here I don't think Nokia's concerned with stepping on Windows phones toes um with this kind of an offering if you really think about it any Windows phone device or the cheapest windows phone device overseas the Nokia Lumia 510 uh costs a starting at about $175 with no contract now $55 off which may not sound like much to us years but is a huge gap in other countries plus the added benefit of being dual SIM um and then running a whole plethora of apps that you couldn't normally have run before eh might not be a bad idea for Nokia and I'd love to hear what you guys have to think about this whole concept is it good is it bad what do you have to add so uh reach out to me in the comments underneath this video on YouTube or underneath uh this video on our site and also check out our Twitter Facebook and Google+ and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and let me know what you guys think n\n"