Microsoft has since not released any new Lumia devices after the brand was discontinued in October 2017. Released in India and soon followed by other countries in late 2014 andĮarly 2015. In November 2014, Microsoft announced the first Microsoft (non-Nokia)īranded Lumia device, the Microsoft Lumia 535. Nokia name in its promotion and production of smartphones in favor of The transition, Microsoft continued to use the Nokia brand on Lumiaĭevices until October 2014, when it began to officially phase out the Result, the Lumia line is now maintained by Microsoft Mobile. Mobile device business, with the deal closing on 25 April 2014.
On 3 September 2013, Microsoft announced its purchase of Nokia's The Lumia name is derived from the partitive plural form of the word 'lumi', which means 'snow' in Finnish Introduced in November 2011, the line was the result of a long-term partnership between Nokia and Microsoft-as such, all Lumia smartphones run the Windows Phone operating system. Microsoft Lumia (previously the Nokia Lumia Series) is a range of mobile devices designed and marketed by Microsoft Mobile and previously by Nokia.
