Nokia 8 review: Returning to the world of Nokia without Windows

The Nokia 8 is a Nokia without Windows phone, but is it worth making the switch to Android for ardent fans?

A lot has changed since we last reviewed a Nokia flagship smartphone here at Windows Central. Not including Microsoft branded Lumia handsets, the last 'Nokia' flagship phone we reviewed was the Nokia Lumia Icon/930 back in 2014, almost four whole years ago. The Microsoft-Nokia acquisition that took place that year marked the end of an era for Nokia. The brand was all but dead, with no new smartphones planned under the infamous 'Nokia' moniker.  

However, not all was lost for Nokia fans. Just two years after the acquisition took place, Microsoft sold the Nokia brand to a company called HMD Global who wanted to start building Nokia branded smartphones again, but this time running Android. Good news for Nokia fans, bad news for Windows Phone fans. That sale was finalized in December 2016, and a year later, HMD Global now sells a line of high-quality Android handsets under the Nokia brand.  

Here at Windows Central, we understand that a fair few Windows Phone fans are only here because of Nokia. When Nokia adopted Windows Phone in 2010, die-hard Nokians were obliged to start using Lumia branded handsets too. Since the acquisition in 2014, however, Nokia fans have had to put up with Microsoft-branded Lumia devices because that was all that was left of Nokia. Well, not anymore.  

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