Nokia continued to push its feature phones and its own operating system. The company also made the odd decision to go with Windows Phone instead of Android. We all know how that turned out.

But if it does reach the market — either under the Nokia brand or as a Microsoft phone — this much I know: It’ll be one of the most dumbfounding tech stories of 2014.

Industry analysts repeatedly flagged the risk. “Nokia may have to ‘take the [Android] pill before [it] cannot afford to do so anymore,’” one report warned. Nokia didn’t.

We saw plenty of this in the late 2010s when companies weren’t afraid to experiment. While it has its fair share of critics, one of my favorite examples was the camera-crazy Nokia 9 PureView.

Nokia has confirmed via Reddit that it’s looking to team up with phone makers for licensing opportunities. The company was answering a question regarding future licensing deals for mobile phones.

HMD Global is getting out of the phones business and taking Nokia with it. As reported by The Verge, the company issued a statement to Wired's Julian Chokkattu this week explaining that it's "made ...