Microsoft announces Nokia X Android product line merged into Lumia series

Microsoft is abandoning Nokia's new mobile phone series, released this spring, following the release of its mobile phone products into the Lumia sector, the company said, abandoning the Nokia X Android product line into the Lumia series, "TechWeb report" July 18. The move signals Microsoft's abandonment of the Android system. Besides abandoning the Nokia X Android product line, Chow Harrow, executive vice president of Microsoft's mobile phone business, said the company would also abandon the Asha and series 40-series mobile phone business. In the memo, Jo Harlow said that Asha, Series 40 and Nokia X series devices will be in the maintenance mode, and the related technical support work will be stopped in the next 18 months. In this respect, Microsoft CEO Satia Nadra said, we plan to transfer the specific Nokia X product design, turning it into a Lumia mobile phone running the Windows system. The decision is based on our success in the Low-cost smartphone market and is consistent with our strategy to focus on Windows Universal apps. The Microsoft Equipment Division executive Vice President Elop also said in the announcement that the company will focus on the development of Windows Phone devices, Microsoft will be the future design of Nokia X to the new Windows Phone low-end devices, will focus on emerging market segments, to provide them with affordable windows Phone device.