Over the past two years, my purchases have included those from HTC, Samsung, and Apple among others running Android, Windows Phone and iOS. If you think I’m unfairly calling out Nokia because I only use Apple products, you’re sadly mistaken. ;)

Perhaps I didn’t make my points clear in the post. First and foremost, there is an inconsistent message coming from Nokia. The video alludes that the Lumia 800 design was built solely for Windows Phone. Yet the nearly identical design first appeared in June with the N9. Secondly, while it’s not uncommon for handset makers to discuss design; Nokia doesn’t often do so. And this time that they did uses several key phrases that I’ve heard / seen before in Apple videos. I could care less who built a feature first and who copied it to be honest: if it’s a good feature, you and I, as consumers win. It’s just interesting to see the similarities between this video from Nokia and prior Apple videos. Hope that helps explain.

Stefan says they started on the Lumia in April. So if the N9 is a mid-development Lumia prototype design, they did that in 2-3 months?

Secondly, the Swipe UI and reduced bezel on the N9 seems to fit the smooth swipe-from-the-edge design better than Windows Phone. Note also that the N9 UI doesn’t work well on the N950.