The Nokia XL is an enigma. It's a handset simultaneously feels like an inevitability and an impossibility. A product that finds Nokia momentarily embracing the Android operating system, whilst outwardly rejecting it with a skin that purposefully call to mind the company’s allegiances to Windows Phone. It’s a phone that attempts to balance the company’s legacy of affordable devices with its current focus on premium hardware.
Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop took his customarily (and largely welcome) blunt approach when unveiling the product back in February. Rather than doubling down the compay's single-minded commitment to the distant third-place Windows Phone, Nokia would finally release a pair of Android devices. But the XL was never intended to be a Samsung Galaxy S5 killer. Read more...
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