[elsurudo]

Really? Old Nokia phones were beautifully designed, as are (IMO) Lumias (not sure how much of the latter is attributable to Microsoft, though).

[HelloRipley]

Pretty much all of the Lumia design mnemonics was outsourced by Nokia to Frog in Helsinki.

[chipotle_coyote]

I don't think that's true. The Lumia design language is actually the Nokia N8/N9 design language (look at pictures of either of them and this is immediately evident), and that was designed in-house by a team lead by Axel Meyer.

(Also, Frog Design is based in Palo Alto, and their web site doesn't list a Helsinki office.)