Part of the problem is that older Lumia

Part of the m40702 problem is that older Lumia models wouldn't be upgraded to the new Windows Phone 8 operating system, making them essentially ... well, obsolete. That situation will be resolved this Wednesday, when Microsoft and Nokia announce a lineup of Lumia phones with Windows 8 installed. However, while Microsoft and Nokia have long been seen as the key partners behind Windows Phone 8, Nokia won't be the first company to unveil a smartphone with Microsoft's newest mobile operating system. Instead, that honor went to Samsung, which m40704 unveiled its Windows Phone 8-based ATIV S smartphone last week The key point here: Many have labeled Microsoft the winner of the Samsung-vs.-Apple patent trial. With Android facing stiff litigation from Apple, more OEMs, including Samsung, ZTE, and Acer, could look to Windows Phone. If that prediction proves true, Nokia loses the differentiation it had hoped for adopting Windows Phone. Yet if Windows Phone doesn't take off, that means Nokia is strapped to a platform that continues to fall behind. Either way you look at it, the m91678 road ahead for the Finnish giant is challenging.