Satya Nadella explained in his new book which is named Hit Refresh that he voted against the Nokia acquisition.
The operation cost $ 7.6 billion and ended up selling part of what remained of that division to Foxconn.
The operation cost $ 7.6 billion.
Well, Steve Ballmer presumed that the Nokia deal would give a support to Microsofts struggling phone division.
But it was too late to regain the ground we had lost.
The Lumia brand has achieved some significant market share in the very short period after the launch.
However, that didnt last for a long time.
Not only Satya Nadella, even Bill Gates was against the deal.
Satya Nadella wrote The Nokia deal [was a] painful example of this loss [in mobile].
Now HMD Global is manufacturing Nokia branded smartphone that is powered by Android.
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