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From here on Nokia will only be remembered outside the world of technophiles as the company that produced the toughest phone not even chuck norris could break














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Posted: 2014-04-26 13:39:19
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Posted: 2014-04-26 13:42:00
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@Razec that is awesome and exactally how we should remember Nokia. I think the 3310 was sold over 126 million times, that is simply epic.

Some say it is made from adamantium and if one should break the world would cease to exist but all we know it as is the Nokia 3310.
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Posted: 2014-04-26 14:27:05
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Truly sad.Its a shame since NOKIA's/WP are selling much better now.MS got them at the right time.I hope they retained the name though
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Posted: 2014-04-26 18:05:32
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I never liked nokia, never. i would even call it an allergy. well, its only for the benefit of consumers as i'm sure microsoft will do better job and bring stronger competition. more competition = better for consumers. if sony and other oem's start making their flagships with windows OS i would consider buying... but i don't see that happening any time soon...
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Posted: 2014-04-26 18:12:02
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This thread is not about weather you like or dislike Nokia it's about all the good things they did especially in the the late 90's and into the next decade. I Personally wasn't that keen on Nokia although I did have a few Sony Ericsson devices running Symbian. If it wasn't for Nokia in those early years we most certainly wouldn't be were we are now and for that I say thank you Nokia 👍
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Posted: 2014-04-26 18:50:39
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With the sale of Nokia to Microsoft it gets me thinking which will be the next major phone manufacturer to either go bust or forced to sell up. I think the obvious ones would be htc and BlackBerry it is well documented about their financial status and things may not be getting any better especially for BlackBerry who have yet to do anything solid with BB10 and it has been out for over a year. I do think unless they can come up with a serious product to challenge the major flagship devices then I give it 18 months to 2 years and BlackBerry will be no more. Hopefully HTC can start to turn things round the have a fantastic flagship device in the M8 but even that has some flaws of its own which the same didn't help sales of the previous model. Sales of the M8 are said to be good but is it enough to pull them back in the black, only time will tell and fingers crossed both manufacturers can have a few good years and help them get back on track.
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Posted: 2014-04-26 21:55:11
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Blackberry, HTC and a few others are going to continue making losses while the juggernauts Apple and Samsung take the lions share and the Chinese makers begin to eat into the scraps that the rest take, I think LG is the only other maker who have a chance of making it out of what we are in if they continue on their current path.

There is going to be a lot of fatalities outside of China, it's going to get very ugly, IMO, if these Chinese OEMs like Huawei and ZTE continue on their relentless path of super low pricing and network partnerships, unless certain companies begin opening their eyes and start very heavy R&D in Africa and other developing areas as that is where there is still plenty of growth.

I'd say now is the time for some makers to dig deep and begin spending heavily on R&D and marketing.

I've been watching a documentary on BBC Knowledge called "The Chinese Are Coming", it reveals just how rapidly and effectively they've managed to get into many countries such as Angola, Tanzania, Brazil etc... They are just so relentless, I see their OEMs taking out more than just BB and Htc.

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Posted: 2014-04-26 23:08:15
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^ I completely agree with you about China becoming an electronic superpower. Their rise in the last 2-3 years has been phenomenal, emerging markets is key for growth I know Sony have had a lot of success in India even overtaking Apple to claim the number 2 manufacturer there and a similar story in China with dual sim variants and the Xperia C has been great sales wise in both countries.
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Posted: 2014-04-26 23:25:51
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@XperiaJunkie
No, don't get me wrong. i appreciate Nokia for their efforts in mobile and making other companies work harder to manufacture better devices! i wouldn't be the same without nokia. i hope the same for any oem. i hope that microsoft and windows os start to give a fight to android and apple already. i hope that Chinese manufacturers will kick the others in the butt, especially sony and make sony work harder on their weaknesses - like starting to invest in usa market and perfecting the Z line more, and the same for the other manufacturers, like you guys said. more competition = always better for consumers.

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Posted: 2014-04-26 23:57:48
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