Nokia says sayonara to Japan, one last time

02 July, 2011
Nokia has finally decided to pull out of the Japanese market entirely once and for all. Although Nokia stopped supplying handsets to Japanese carriers in 2008, Nokia’s luxury brand of handsets – Vertu...

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  • 08 Jul 2011

Ravi_G, 05 Jul 2011don't concern yourself with people that badmouth Nokia, the... moreYou assume a lot, you really do.. Those that badmouth Nokia are people who have more than likely had bad experiences with Nokia and are now forever set against them. Its not an unlikely story, nor is it uncommon. Don't fool yourself into believing that those people want Nokia. Seriously, grow up :)

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    • vbR
    • 05 Jul 2011

    AnonD-1034, 05 Jul 20110k,now read... nokia is not loud,its only treble that al... moreif your megabass is so great than why it loses to i-pod people still prefer i-pod as there music player over walkman i'm not saying it's bad but fact is fact Nokia N91 proved itself superior over previous generation i-pod and did i said use BOSE HEADPHONES and hear no Difference MEGA BASS is Nothing more than marketing trick each company advertise something about there product and that's it

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      • t7K
      • 05 Jul 2011

      AnonD-11222, 05 Jul 2011Ask Gsmarena guys they knows who is better and maga bass is... more0k,now read...

      nokia is not loud,its only treble that all you hear,thin sound like piercing your earhole,even if you activate bass boost, its only equivalent of walkmans treble..

      while W phones megabass can destroy a midrange speaker,!due to its vibrati0ns,and thats the pure quality!
      Note :these are the only units (w900,k750,w800,w810) that has the 100% pure megabass..

      believe me,i had this W phones,and some old and new X phones!
      I really did try to compare them..
      But..
      Inspite of its loudness,,Megabass rules.

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        • jIa
        • 05 Jul 2011

        Nokia's CEO, 04 Jul 2011why every one saying that i am a BAD CEO If anyone wants to... moredon't concern yourself with people that badmouth Nokia, they just mad at themselves that they signed a 2yr contract for their iToy and now they can't afford a N8...

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          • 05 Jul 2011

          AnonD-1034, 05 Jul 2011N91? i used it too ! did you compare it to w900? or lets sa... more Walkman is better than xpressmusic in case of head phone. I have a nokia,5130 and i am using a walkman head set. It is better than that of nokia.

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            • vbR
            • 05 Jul 2011

            AnonD-1034, 05 Jul 2011N91? i used it too ! did you compare it to w900? or lets sa... moreAsk Gsmarena guys they knows who is better and maga bass is sony's technology for enhanching bass effect and use bose headsets instead of supplied headphones absolutely no difference in SE and Nokia how ever i still think Nokia is bit Lowder

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              • Anonymous
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              • 05 Jul 2011

              It would have been better if they have focused in one particular part of japan instead of pulling everything out completely. so that somehow they will still have revenue.

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                • 05 Jul 2011

                AnonD-11222, 05 Jul 2011Nokia N81 and N91 where the loudest phone of that time i do... moreN91? i used it too ! did you compare it to w900? or lets say w800??

                do you know what mega bass is?

                even now i compared w800 to those xpress music,but X never won to W.. believe me i compared it,, i have it.

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                  • 05 Jul 2011

                  AnonD-1034, 05 Jul 2011lets admit se is more durable than nokia,, i owned few mod... moreNokia N81 and N91 where the loudest phone of that time i dont know which model you are talking about most of Nokia phone uses Samsung Audio chip which provides high quality sounds SE is out of Competetion SE is not what it use to be Only brand thats providing tough competition to Nokia is Samsung

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                    • 05 Jul 2011

                    AnonD-11222, 05 Jul 2011SE is not durable you must be lucky guy that your phone las... morelets admit se is more durable than nokia,,
                    i owned few models of nokia and se,,and i observe and noticed that se's battery that lasts ,and powerful bass quality than nokia,even in image quality,,only n8 has guts when it comes to camera but in general all models of nokia's camera really s*cks! green effect and over colored (over exposed),overblack for slight shadows and over white for a liitle ray of sun,that really make sick! ..sound quality is thin like a can ,it irritates ears,and sadly nokia's os are in deep sh*t now..

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                      • 05 Jul 2011

                      AnonD-1034, 05 Jul 2011Exactly he's right! Even though k750 was old mobile it can... moreSE is not durable you must be lucky guy that your phone lasted so many years my w810i broke into two when it sliped from my hand and se's poor support made me to switch to nokia and music quality of Nokia is equally good as SE i know you are die hard SE fan even i like SE but SE will be my third option after Nokia and Sammy also NOKIA N8 beats all 12mp cam NOKIA's clear black amoled beats all displays and it is upto par with sammy super amoled

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                        • XYZaki
                        • jF}
                        • 05 Jul 2011

                        Japanese mobile consumers are very focused on design, something that Nokia phones seriously lack.

                        It's definitely a smart, or at least a rational, move for Nokia. It's not like they planned on making phones with a decent design any time soon. Not to mention, Nokia phones aren't fit to compete with the typical WVGA resolution clamshell phones that are popular in Japan nor with the iPhone/Android devices that are soon to supercede them.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • PRW
                          • 05 Jul 2011

                          AnonD-1034, 05 Jul 2011But not compared to your dying nokia =]nokia isn't dying nokia got alot money from apple :p someone who call symbian a burning platform make nokia like a dying company :D

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                            • Anonymous
                            • PRW
                            • 05 Jul 2011

                            AnonD-1034, 05 Jul 2011But not compared to your dying nokia =]nokia isn't dying nokia got alot money from apple :p someone who call symbian a burning platform make nokia like a dying company :D

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                              • 05 Jul 2011

                              Anonymous, 05 Jul 2011but se have bad after sales support :)But not compared to your dying nokia =]

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                                • Anonymous
                                • PRW
                                • 05 Jul 2011

                                AnonD-1034, 05 Jul 2011Exactly he's right! Even though k750 was old mobile it can... morebut se have bad after sales support :)

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                                  • 05 Jul 2011

                                  AnonD-11222, 04 Jul 2011dude its k750i it was one of the greatest phone of that tim... moreExactly he's right!
                                  Even though k750 was old mobile it can beat nokia ph0nes t0day,
                                  when it comes to ,sound quality ,camera quality (cmos sensor already),and durability!

                                  S.e. Never copy any phone!
                                  the truth was s.e.
                                  The F1RST TO HAVE a ,walkmate ,sense me tech.,track i.d(W phones),megabass for a super sound quality. a rubberized headph0ne,active noice cancellation(hpm 88 headph0ne),waterproof(c702),transparent LCD(xperia pureness), xenon flash(k800), 8mp and geotag(c905),8mp in a smrtph0ne, 12mp(satio)
                                  ,autorotate(k850),26M tft colors screen(s006),And now their very own screen Bravia LCD, and Xmor R sensor tech. (xperia arc)!

                                  S.e. Was the 1 who has d true inn0vati0n and and physical form originality... !

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                                    • PRW
                                    • 05 Jul 2011

                                    Nokia's CEO, 04 Jul 2011why every one saying that i am a BAD CEO If anyone wants to... moreSymbian isn't burning platform if nokia serious to improvement Hardware especialy RAM , GPU & CPU plus developer.. Symbian^4 should born..

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                                      • 04 Jul 2011

                                      Anonymous, 04 Jul 2011at last nokia people and all that you worship nokia you can... moreThe hell are you writing about. Don't you know that it is not reasonable for any company to stay in Japan anymore. It used to be a cheap country to make your company sucsess. But now it's getting to be as Expensive to make producks in Japan as in anywhere else. So Nokia is moving to China and building new faxtories to places were it is much cheaper to make phones. it's nothing about the quality of the phones.

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                                        • 04 Jul 2011

                                        why every one saying that i am a BAD CEO If anyone wants to know why am i choosing WP7 here is your answers just check it out
                                        www.thinkdigit.com/Mobiles-and-PDAs/Why-Nokia-is-putting-all-its-eggs_7084.html