Nokia to Shutter U.S. Flagship Stores
No longer a competitive phone manufacturer
It's as simple as that. 4 years ago Nokia smartphones were brilliant. Now they are stale and unstable.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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the problem with nokia is their quality... it's the best. and they know it. but U.S. carriers want nokia to dumb their phones down bring their phones to certain price point. for the longest nokia wouldn't let carriers change anything and then they stopped buying...then when nokia lightens up a little they try and tell nokia how to make a better phone. at&t does this... they say take this out and put this in. they pretty much neuter the best phones out there. the carriers here do not care about quality, they want the cheapest. at&t is probably the best example of pushing an inferior product just so the iphone looks better. really it's a shame. people that love nokia love it for one reason and the carriers in the US strip that away from them.....
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crackberry,
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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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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