The strap-line ("Nokia used to be known for its wacky devices. Are its quirky days behind it?") might focus on a few of the weird handsets from Nokia's many years and skip over classics like the N95, but it's clear that the crazies are still at work inside Espoo and pushing the limit.
Around last October, after the company had already slated the 925 for launch, the metal casing caused a few headaches.
"We got some antenna results and it wasn't working at all and we'd already decided we were going to produce this. Suddenly, it's not working. To me it was superscary, I was like, 'oh my, what are we going to do?' That antenna problem can easily rip the whole concept apart."
When kinks appear in the design process, the team can ask for help from the research and development staff. "We go to R&D and it's more of a therapy session — we say 'man, we have issues', then they start helping you out — 'don't worry, I think we can fix it this way'," Alfthan says.
And after all that design, everyone is pretty sure they are the first to spot the obvious design errors.
There's a lot more than guesswork going on, as you can find out in the ZDNet article now.