12 Facts About Nokia Lumia

The Nokia Lumia name is derived from the partitive plural form of the Finnish word lumi, meaning "snow".

From 1998 to 2012, Nokia Lumia was the largest vendor of mobile phones in the world, which included early smartphones built on its Symbian platform.

Nokia Lumia had planned to use the MeeGo platform as part of its future plans prior to the announcement, although the company announced that it would still release one MeeGo device in 2011.

In early 2012, Nokia released the Lumia 610, a new entry-level device taking advantage of the lower system requirements introduced by Windows Phone 7's "Tango" update.

Later in September 2012, Nokia unveiled the Lumia 820 and the Lumia 920, its first two devices to use Windows Phone 8.

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In 2013, Nokia introduced the Lumia 925, a revised version of the 920 with a slimmer build incorporating aluminium, and the Lumia 1020, which features a 41-megapixel camera based on technology from its Symbian-based 808 PureView.

On 22 October 2013, Nokia extended the Lumia brand into the tablet market with the unveiling of the Lumia 2520; running Microsoft's Windows RT operating system, it was the company's first tablet since the Nokia Internet tablet range.

Codenames for Lumia phones developed from late 2013 were based on James Bond movies, including "Moneypenny" and "Goldfinger" .

On 13 September 2013, the New York Times writer Nick Wingfield revealed that Nokia had been testing the Android operating system on its Lumia hardware.

The Nokia Lumia 638 was the last Lumia product to bear the Nokia brand, and was only released in India in December 2014.

Sales of Nokia Lumia devices declined between fiscal years 2015 and 2016, with phone revenue decreasing by $4.

All devices in the Nokia Lumia line were smartphones running Microsoft Windows software.