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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  • MZt
  • 04 Jul 2011

at last nokia people and all that you worship nokia you can't see the truth in front of your eyes. one of the biggest markets in the world rejected the nokia garbage phones at last!!!! proof that nokia sucks big time! there's nothing else to say...

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    • Anonymous
    • YQx
    • 04 Jul 2011

    anja, 04 Jul 2011oh my lovely nokia. I can remember the lovely comments on n... moreno you are not alone who love nokia. i still didn't think of any other phone other than nokia.

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      • sonu
      • vGT
      • 04 Jul 2011

      the sun starts setting from the east

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        • vbR
        • 04 Jul 2011

        Anonymous, 04 Jul 2011then explain to me why does my old k750i last one week on o... moredude its k750i it was one of the greatest phone of that time i'm talking about there current lineup i don't know what happened to SE there current phones do have battery issues and i never owned 6300 but 6233 it use to last a week on normal usage even my N81 use to last 2 days with heavy usage and 6-7 days with normal usage

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          • IVP
          • 04 Jul 2011

          apple is good in their software/os the processor produced by samsung oso..

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            • anja
            • PWD
            • 04 Jul 2011

            oh my lovely nokia. I can remember the lovely comments on n95 in 2007. Lovely nokia is dead. Im the only one in the world still love nokia.

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              • t7s
              • 04 Jul 2011

              what is happening with Nokia?!!

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                • Anonymous
                • wrx
                • 04 Jul 2011

                AnonD-11222, 03 Jul 2011you are lieing man 5800 with poor battery either you are us... morethen explain to me why does my old k750i last one week on one charge while my 6300 cant even last 24 hours.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • wu4
                  • 04 Jul 2011

                  maxwell, 04 Jul 2011got lost?? but anyway still hoping nokia will produce gre... morenokia still phone leader here in the phil. but declining market share quarter by quarter... they had 70% phil market 3yrs ago. as of last quarter 30+%

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                    • Anonymous
                    • wu4
                    • 04 Jul 2011

                    Steve Dojobs, 03 Jul 2011Although, Samsung and HTC have dual core processor but they... moredual core processor still 1 processor. are you sure that apple sells more phone than samsung? check again... apple has never beaten samsung in total phone sales...

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                      • 04 Jul 2011

                      Nokia won't fold, that's for sure. But they need to retire their symbian OS for something newer. My first phone was a Nokia and it was AWESOME. Phones back then were only about the calls, nothing else. Pulling out of Japan might be a good idea, since the residence in Japan mostly use text/video calls, Nokia won't stand a chance against Droid and iOS. But we may see Nokia with a few comeback phones soon.. wait and see! :)

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                        • PFe
                        • 04 Jul 2011

                        When it comes to mobile phones, I'd say that Japan is pretty much self-sufficient and leading the world when it comes to tech, usage and features. It'd be a struggle for any foreign company to compete in that market, much less Nokia with their outdated flagships.
                        FWIW, Nokia still makes the best feature phones. But I can't imagine that's good enough for the Japanese to switch from their home-grown brands.

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                          • maxwell
                          • vxt
                          • 04 Jul 2011

                          got lost??
                          but anyway still hoping nokia will produce great phones.. although they pull out in some district of japan its not a big lost for them coz japan is also producing great phones.. nokia should target philippines and other asian countries hahahahahah

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                            • vbR
                            • 03 Jul 2011

                            Kal, 03 Jul 2011If you're comparing it to Symbian, then my Nokia 5800s batt... moreyou are lieing man 5800 with poor battery either you are using duplicate china copy of 5800 or faulty battery non of SE phone provide adequate battery compared to Nokia among Android Sammy is best when it comes to battery backup SE need to use nuclear reactor to run there phones

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                              • UbN
                              • 03 Jul 2011

                              I am japanese and yea a proud Nokia and Symbian lover :) Not telling why I love so mcuh Nokia here tho, I just want to make it clear that it s not only Nokia but also any other major manufacturers that have been biting the dust in the japanese phone market. Galaxy S is doing great so far tho. it s just way too difficult and not really profitable to localize their phones(hardware wise)to such a limited and unique market, such as language, One-seg TV, Suica(IC card thingy), Decoration mail and so on. and I personally think the japanse market potential is shrinking so not worth it. so think Nokia made a right decision. it s sad tho.

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                                • 03 Jul 2011

                                raz06, 03 Jul 2011 I see a lot of comments about Nokia and Android being sol... moreMy experience with Nokia hardware is the N97. I am impressed with the screen readability in daylight conditions, the feel of the physical keyboard and the slide and tilt mechanism. The processor and RAM were its downfall as well as the buggy software.

                                I've also used the 6126 feature phone. It was the best phone I have ever used. It has a very good, spring action, clam shell mechanism and the buttons have a very nice feel to them. The screen was also very good.

                                The "smart" aspect of the smartphones is what Nokia failed to deliver. Better processor, RAM and OS/software is a problem if you want to do anything other than make a phone call.

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                                  • tVj
                                  • 03 Jul 2011

                                  raz06, 03 Jul 2011 I see a lot of comments about Nokia and Android being sol... moreAlthough, Samsung and HTC have dual core processor but they still cannot compete with Apple, though Apple have only 1 processor.

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                                    • mga
                                    • 03 Jul 2011

                                    shredder_otagel, 03 Jul 2011there's definitely a lot that you can do with android os. b... moreIf you're comparing it to Symbian, then my Nokia 5800s battery was attrocious, way worse than my Xperia Play and Xperia Arc's batteries, even when I am on them all day. The 5800 with moderate use barely lasted me 12 hours, where as I get at least a days worth of heavy usage from my Xperia's.

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                                      • 3pF
                                      • 03 Jul 2011

                                      JunePhilippines, 03 Jul 2011Why Nokia don't run Android - "He (Stephen Elop) tr... moreActually Android offered it self for Nokia. But they refused because they felt like Nokia would just be a part of masses and not an individual brand anymore. So they refused to adopt Android and wanted WP7 instead. By they way Windows and Nokia have an agreement that Nokia can modify WP7 in any ways they want. So they can modify it to have longer batterylife and other nice improvements over the normal WP7 by Microsoft.

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                                        • raz06
                                        • p3D
                                        • 03 Jul 2011

                                        I see a lot of comments about Nokia and Android being sold as an individual device ...

                                        Please ...someone tell me ,why do many of you think Nokia has great hardware ?? You really think that Android 2.3.4 will ever run smooth on a crap-ware device from Nokia that has only 680MHz CPU and 256Ram (max) ,poor plastics and metal ...not to mention poor workmanship.

                                        I know you like Nokia ,i used to like Nokia ,but GET OVER IT already ! Nokia's dead !(or still trying to die) get yourself a HTC or Samsung ,they got dual-core CPU's ,1GB Ram and more...