Nokia to Shutter U.S. Flagship Stores
No longer a competitive phone manufacturer
bluecoyote said:
It's as simple as that. 4 years ago Nokia smartphones were brilliant. Now they are stale and unstable.
I wouldn't attribute this to anything more than the stale world economy.
ibnturab said:
Both of what you guys said is correct. The world economy is definately much weaker than it was 4 yrs ago. And in addition, Nokia has been facing stiff competition from Samsung and other formerly 'small and unimportant' players who have taken a sizeable share away from what was their dominion. The same can be said about all western manufacturers including motorola, ericsson, and now defunct siemens mobile. The sun is setting on most western manufacturers and the shift is towards Asia.
I'm not about to count Nokia out of the game just yet.
I agree. Nokia is a resourceful manufacturer and have produced some of the finest if not the finest gsm devices over the past years. But in the last 1.5 years, they have been hit hard in the smartphone/touchscreen market and have yet to produce a dominant device in this area. I definately would say its early to make predictions but I'm hoping they are not hedging their bets solely on maemo or symbian. I was actually hoping of seeing an Android device from Nokia but that doesn't seem likely to happen anytime soon.
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I don't think that is totally true, I buy unlocked nokia phones, last decent one was the e71, otherwise stuff like then N97 and 5800 are disappointments with the former being an expensive disappointment. The N900 has potential, if not in, following maemo devices. But one expensive phone isn't going to make it. And especially with a flood of decent quality cheaper and more accepted and developed Android phones.
Many Nokia people went on and one about no MMS on the iPhone for years, and I agree it should have had it out the gate. Whats the excuse Nokia has for the N900 which doesn't have it, nor will it work in the portrait mode. Sure it can change, and probably will, but it maybe too late. And I hope they do pull th...
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