$900 Lumia 800 Bundle: Why It’s Destined for Failure

Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired.com

Just about a year ago, Nokia announced it would be partnering with Microsoft to deliver Nokia-branded Windows Phones. The plan was to jumpstart Microsoft’s fledgling smartphone platform, and save the Finnish phone giant, which still owns the worldwide dumbphone market, from a future of irrelevance.

One of the first handsets to spring from that relationship was the Nokia Lumia 800, and it’s finally going to land in the U.S. on February 14. Unfortunately, though, the deal is bittersweet: The 800 will only be available in a bundle with a few other products, and the phone itself is ...

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