Stephen Elop is not afraid of competition

Despite Nokia's financial results in the third quarter of the year, which show that the company has not yet recovered its flight, Stephen Elop, its CEO, did not it is afraid of competition, neither of what Android and iOS suppose, nor of what they may have with other Windows Phone manufacturers. Elop is convinced that Windows Phone has a gap in the market and its handsets are here to fill it.

In his appearance after announcing the business figures, the boss of Nokia pointed out that among the telecommunications operators there are misgivings about the duopoly that Android and iOS currently exercise in the smartphone market.According to his theory, operators might view the concentration of power around the Google and Apple ecosystems with concern and would be delighted to promote third-party competitors that reduce their dominance. And no one better than Windows Phone and Nokia Lumia for it.

Elop did not miss the opportunity to show off his Lumia terminals either, assuring that they are one step ahead of those of his rivals. In addition considers that the competition between WP mobile manufacturers is good news, since they help push the platform forward. Asked about the possibility that Microsoft was preparing its own phone, Elop has assured that he has no indication of this, but he does not consider it worrying news for Nokia's interests. He has even said thata Surface Phone would be stimulating for the Windows Phone ecosystem

Elop's position is very reasonable, but perhaps he should not lose sight of the hype around a possible Microsoft phone by Surface style on tablets. You just have to see how some simple publicity photos like the ones on these lines, in which some believe they see a possible Surface Phone and which for the writer are nothing more than ornamental recreations, are enough to feed more rumors and increase the interest in an official Windows Phone from Redmond.

The truth is that what happens with Surface and the rest of Windows tablets from other manufacturers will serve as a thermometer to assess a possible incursion of Microsoft in the smartphone market with its own hardware. We'll see if by then Stephen Elop continues without fearing the competition.

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