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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  • Aaron
  • t7X
  • 02 Jul 2011

All part of Stephen Elop's evil plot of destroying Nokia so Microsoft will buy it in the end. A Nokia with a Windows logo is not Nokia anymore. I never saw the day that I would begin to hate and leave the brand that I patronized for more than 10 years already. I hated Android but I hate Stephen Elop more so I have no choice but to go Android for my next smartphone and completely depart from Nokia. This is just too sad.

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    • AnonD-328
    • uNV
    • 02 Jul 2011

    japan deserves better than nokia.

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      • Ted
      • PS6
      • 02 Jul 2011

      this is 08's news but i guess this is the reason why....

      http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/27/nokia-japan-apple-markets-equity-cx_ll_1127markets08.html

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        • AnonD-9872
        • tVn
        • 02 Jul 2011

        hehe~ too bad~ it's really look like nokia want to abandon japan since the crisis of tsunami~ c'mon~ let's pray for japan~

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          • AnonD-5397
          • uCr
          • 02 Jul 2011

          lucky you, japan...hoping nokia will gift the whole world in the same manner...

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            • AnonD-1078
            • nDV
            • 02 Jul 2011

            bye bye nokia sweet dreams !!!

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              • Reiss
              • IV5
              • 02 Jul 2011

              Well, I guess it would have happened eventually with the Japanese and their high-tech phones that have TV and other stuff. Shame what's happening to Nokia today. Android and iOS are dominating the cellular market. I miss the old Nokia of the late 90s' and early 2000s' :)

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                • AnonD-12639
                • SdP
                • 02 Jul 2011

                Why's that?

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                  • bbbbb
                  • 25I
                  • 02 Jul 2011

                  nice step from elop the genius

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                    • o16
                    • uWx
                    • 02 Jul 2011

                    i mean they could still sell their new symbian phones and future WP7 phones. pulling out of one of the biggest markets is too bad

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                      • o16
                      • uWx
                      • 02 Jul 2011

                      why pull out of japan?!

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Uij
                        • 02 Jul 2011

                        Nokias the best