In a smartphone ecosystem dominated by Apple and Android-based products, Nokia and Microsoft are much like those two kids who are always picked last for kickball: They're clearly in the line-up, but seen as bloated, slow-moving players that nobody wants to play with. Though Nokia remains the leader in global mobile phone sales, most of those handsets are lower-end “feature” phones, and the company's market share dropped by close to a third of what it was in 2010, according to estimates from Gartner Research.
Gadget Lab, How Nokia Can Stave Off Smartphone Irrelevance