On September 3, 2013 (July 28, 2013 in the lunar calendar), Microsoft acquired Nokia. On September 3, 2013, the famous brand Nokia was officially acquired by Microsoft for US$7.2 billion. Microsoft announced that it will acquire Nokia's mobile phone business and a large patent portfolio for $7.2 billion. Although everyone had imagined this result many times, it was still extremely shocking when the imagination turned into reality. Founded in 1865 and headquartered in Finland, Nokia is a multinational company mainly engaged in the production of mobile communication products. Nokia reached its peak in 2007, with its global market share reaching 40% for the first time. At this peak, an average of 5.7 people in the world owned a Nokia phone, and at this time, Jobs 'iPhone was only just emerging. It is an unchanging truth that prosperity will decline. It cannot be completely said that iOS and Android are the gravediggers of Nokia's Symbian smartphones, but they have greatly contributed to the fuel; with the popularity of 3G in China, they have quickly brought users into the real mobile Internet era. What is Nokia doing at this time? After fighting with dealers in various places over the distribution of channel benefits, dealers complained that selling Nokia's mainstream mobile phone worth more than 2,000 yuan could only make 50 yuan, but the answer they got was "sell it if you like, or leave it if you don't sell it." In the end, it even went to the point of being in court. This was in June 2009. It has also taken a strong stance in media promotion. Ordinary employees of its public relations company dare to call a mobile website to find the editor-in-chief to remove some neutral articles, otherwise they will threaten to stop publishing them. Moreover, they must require that the prominent position on the front page of the website be ensured every day. How many "Nokia" is exposed; Of course, this kind of thing has become less and less frequent after 2011... Such cost management, such attitude towards dealers, such a strong attitude towards the media... These may be just a drop in the bucket in all the problems Nokia has fallen to where it is today. Perhaps when the product is strong, the weak party will endure this kind of behavior, but this kind of resentment is accumulating deeper and deeper, and it will one day break out. Today, everyone is picking up the "stone falling into the well", which may just be the causal reward of various previous events. The China believe in this most. On June 15, 2012, Nokia announced that it would lay off 10,000 people worldwide and close several mobile phone factories. Currently, Nokia only has mobile phone manufacturing factories in the mainland of China and South Korea. Facts have proved that the only "credit" of Stephen Elop, the infamous current CEO of Nokia, is to make Nokia less and less valuable, and finally let his old club Microsoft directly win the century-old store at cabbage prices. On September 3, 2013, Microsoft and Nokia announced that Microsoft would acquire Nokia's mobile phone business for 3.79 billion euros and obtain Nokia's patent authorization for 1.65 billion euros, with a total purchase price of 5.44 billion euros (approximately 7.2 billion US dollars). Judging from the needs of Microsoft's strategic transformation, Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia is like a replica of Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility. But the difference is that the price of this acquisition is simply eye-popping. It is far lower than the $12.5 billion Google paid for Motorola Mobility. Once the deal is approved by Nokia shareholders and relevant institutions, the Finnish people will inevitably feel ashamed because of this low sale-this 148-year-old mobile phone giant from Finland will henceforth fall into the hands of the Americans. What is even more regrettable is that with the loss of the last position of European mobile phones, the hope for the revival of European mobile phones will be extinguished from now on.