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: Before the sale, Nokia had already transitioned to Windows Phone, a move famously described by Stephen Elop (who later returned to Microsoft) as jumping off a "burning platform". The Aftermath and Legacy

: According to analysts from Deltabase , a failure to establish a shared language and vision left Nokia teams feeling sidelined. Decisions were often made top-down, which stifled the very innovation the merger was supposed to foster. microsoft buys nokia

The merger was short-lived. By 2014, the division was incorporated as Microsoft Mobile, but the Nokia brand was quickly phased out for Lumia products. Just a few years later, Microsoft wrote off nearly the entire value of the deal, pivoting its focus toward cloud services under new CEO Satya Nadella . : Before the sale, Nokia had already transitioned