Nokia has nothing to lose now that it is in the process of exiting the mobile phone space, and the company recently took to Twitter to have some fun before disappearing into the sunset. Google earlier this week announced that Android 4.4 KitKat (ugh) would be the name of its next major Android release, and so Nokia thought it might be fun to play with KitKat’s famous slogan, “Gimme a Break!” In an image posted to Twitter, Nokia wrote “Have a break, have a…” above a picture of a Samsung smartphone being snapped in half. It’s an obvious jab at Android 4.4, of course, but we’re not sure why Samsung was caught in the crossfire. Then again, Samsung loves bashing rivals every chance it gets, so why not? Nokia’s tweet is linked below in our source section.
Nokia bashes Samsung and Android in bizarre Twitter attack
Published Sep 5th, 2013 1:35PM EDT
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