Because Microsoft abandoned the Nokia brand in 2014. Their last globally released MS-Nokia phone was in 2013. But the branding rights were locked up until Dec 2016.
The mobile industry was much more competitive in 2013, someone from Sony, OnePlus, HTC or LG could have snapped up the brand name and started making some nice phones.
Whatever they came up with would have been better than MS, who had no clue about how people use phones. See the Surface Duo and Duo 2 for examples.
The mobile industry was much more competitive in 2013, someone from Sony, OnePlus, HTC or LG could have snapped up the brand name and started making some nice phones.
Whatever they came up with would have been better than MS, who had no clue about how people use phones. See the Surface Duo and Duo 2 for examples.