Thread: Article on Nokia Slowing Down
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gerbick
2009-08-07 , 09:45
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Originally Posted by fms View Post
Well, you are in the US, and I think we have all figured out by now that nothing happens in the US as far as smartphones are concerned. I am in Europe at the moment, and have been answering to someone's comment that Nokia is losing its standing in Europe. That, as my experience shows, is somewhat far from the truth
As egocentric about my experience you're insinuating, you're just as guilty. Sorry, but I have North America and Asian experience on my side this time. China, Singapore, Japan, United States, Canada, Mexico... Nokia's dwindling. And I did not see much 5800 presence in those areas.

In fact, I saw more N95's in Asia than 5800's. But in Europe... sure. Perhaps the 5800 sold well. One continent out of many isn't exactly faith-instilling.

They seem to explicitly disregard US as the key area now, for better or for worse. Probably concluded they can't win against iPhone and friends.
You'd be under heavy denial if you did not pay attention to the fact that Nokia gave up in Japan and the US a very long time ago before the iPhone was mentioned. The only N-series that got carrier approval was the N73. The N80 was only at import shops and online... and only the most savvy shopper knew about them.

Simply put, the Apple iPhone is not the excuse to why Nokia just doesn't have a presence in the US. It was years prior that Nokia started to dwindle in the US.

And this all happened when I was still living (most of the year) in Germany - some 4 years ago.
 

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