Originally Posted by TheBigM:
“Nokia (NSN) is allowed to make their own phones again from 2015 onwards and there is a good chance they may start making Android phones. There is no guarantee those Nokia phones, if they do come about, will be any good because the whole current phones business of Nokia has been bought by Microsoft.”
You can always recruit/poach talent. I think the Nokia name, along with clever marketing ('We're back' sort of thing) and adopting Android, would probably work pretty well. Nokia still has a strong brand.
Of course, come 2015, the Android platform will have gone through a series of changes - some for good and some not, namely Google wanting to take more control of the platform, but I still think if anyone can get back in the game, it will be Nokia.
Those who might have left Nokia and got an iPhone or Android device, not favouring Windows Phone, will probably have fond memories of Nokia phones - so I think people would give them a fair crack of the whip. That means it's not going to be hard to attract customers - the issue will be giving people something decent to buy.