AbakwaNokia basanda kumemezela ukuthi basezingxoxweni zokuthi thengisa ukuhlukaniswa kwemikhiqizo okuqondiswe kwezempilo. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, kube nokuqagela mayelana nokuthengwa okungenzeka yiSamsung, amahemuhemu esingakaze sizwe ngawo futhi. Kubukeka sengathi zimbalwa kakhulu izinkampani ezinentshisekelo yokuthenga lesi sigaba, ngakho-ke abakwaNokia bahlela ukusibuyisela kumnikazi wangaphambili we-Withings.
AbakwaNokia bathenga inkampani yakwa-Withings ngo-2016, inkampani eminyakeni yamuva nje ikwazile ukwenza i-niche ebalulekile, negama, phakathi kwemikhiqizo egxile kwezempilo, njengezikali, amadivayisi wokulinganisa okwenziwe ngewashi, amamitha we-blood pressure kanye namakhamera anhlobonhlobo okuqapha kanye nokuncane abakhona endlini.
AbakwaNokia bakhokha amadola ayizigidi ezingama-2016 ngo-192 ngokwandisa ubukhona bayo kulo mkhakha, ukuqamba kabusha lonke uhla lomkhiqizo we-Withings kepha ngaphandle kokwethula noma yimuphi umkhiqizo omusha emakethe selokhu wathengwa, isinyathelo esingajwayelekile enkampanini. Kubonakala sengathi inkampani yaseFinland izisolile ngokuyithenga, njengoba ingakhiqizi imali eyanele kwimali engenayo njengoba ibilindele. Uphiko lwezokunakekelwa kwezempilo lwakwaNokia lunemali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-62.4, kuyilapho uphiko lwamahamba nendlwana lungenise u- $ 27.800 billion.
AbakwaNokia baxoxisana nomsunguli we-Withings, u-Carric Carrel, ukubuyisa isigaba sezempilo, yize kunengqondo ngentengo ephansi kunaleyo eyayikhokhelwa inkampani yaseFinland, yize okwamanje kungakhulunywa ngezibalo. Le nkampani isimemezele amasu ayo ezempilo futhi ukuthengiswa kwalesi sigaba kuyinto ephambili enkampanini, njengoba ifuna ukugxila ekuthengisweni komakhalekhukhwini ngaphezu kokunikeza izinsizakalo zebhizinisi.
Lesi simemezelo silandelwe yinqwaba enkulu yokudilizwa emsebenzini esigabeni sezempilo, okuyisigaba leso ayibonisi amathemba amahle okukhula. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, inani lalesi sigaba lehlisiwe laba yizigidi eziyi-164 zamaRandi.