Reports said Nokia would roll out a tablet powered by Windows RT next month. Microsoft failed to meet the sales expectations on its Surface tablets running on the Windows RT operating system.

A report from Digitimes said HTC would most likely "drift away" from Windows Phone so that it could focus on its Android smartphones.

Marco Argenti, head of developer relations in Nokia, announced that he left Nokia for a job at Amazon's Web Service Business.

Nokia Corp accounted for 81% of all the Windows Phone shipments allowing Windows Phone to increase its market share to 3.7%.

The company's latest smartphone release failed in the market despite good reviews. Nokia recently released its latest offering with the Lumia 1020.

Samsung launched its newest smartphone in the US, Apple's home market, and then opened a research and development center in Nokia's home, Finland.

Analysts said that BlackBerry would not lose its corporate professional customers if it would focus on a healthy mix of everything and not just on its security features.

Apple and Samsung's combined shares plunged while new smartphone makers showed growth. According to International Data Corporation, a research firm, Apple and Samsung's combined share of the international smartphone market plunged to 43% in the second quarter.

Strategy Analytic reported that Samsung already took Apple's place as the world's most profitable smartphone firm.

Microsoft's recent fumbles and non-interest in its mobile phone ventures left Finnish company Nokia on the deep end.