Realme to exit German market imminently

20 June 2023
Realme Germany representative confirmed the company will redirect its budget to other European markets.

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  • 21 Jun 2023

Anonymous, 20 Jun 2023Germany, England, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austri... moreYou do realize that European countries aren't just the countries you mentioned, right?

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    • 21 Jun 2023

    DarlingYext, 20 Jun 2023Just pay Nokia already! What's the point of losing... moreEh tbh they don't have much of an advantage in Europe. Their (BBK) market share is not even reaching 5%*.

    *https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/europe

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      • t5U
      • 21 Jun 2023

      Nokia and Germany are right here. Realme is doing wrong.

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        • Anonymous
        • X{B
        • 21 Jun 2023

        Anonymous, 20 Jun 2023Only geeks buy mi series. All other want iphone but get x... morewhat are you smokin? redmi note 12 pro is note that expensive, that is the price of xiaomi 13 which is a real competitor of iphone pro (not the max tho)

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          • 21 Jun 2023

          RealLifePhones, 20 Jun 2023The government didn't ban them courts decided they inf... moreNokia is also there in Europe :)

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            • Anonymous
            • uth
            • 21 Jun 2023

            RealLifePhones, 20 Jun 2023The government didn't ban them courts decided they inf... moreCome to India. We have a ton of brands so the result is competition brings more out of each brand

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              • Anonymous
              • KZK
              • 21 Jun 2023

              HMD, as more and more brands left European market, your competitor is going lesser and lesser. This is your chance to be great again. Please make some robust devices, probably running on Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, or at least 6 Gen 1, with good camera performance to fill in the gap leftover

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                • 21 Jun 2023

                the germans will be in the end with 3310

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                  • 20 Jun 2023

                  Magic-and-Mate, 20 Jun 2023Same as other companies with their parent at the top of the... moreHMD is not part of Nokia like OnePlus is part of BBK Electronics or Samsung Semicon is part of Samsung.

                  HMD was created by former nokia just like Carl Pei left OnePlus and now he has Nothing.



                    Magic-and-Mate, 20 Jun 2023Same as other companies with their parent at the top of the... moreNokia Corporation and HMD Global Oy are separate companies.

                    Nokia Corporation owns patents, whereas HMD Global Oy bought the rights to sell phones under the Nokia name.

                    Neither one of them is a parent company or a subsidiary to the other.

                      DarlingYext, 20 Jun 2023Are you still purposefully playing the role of that one guy... moreSame as other companies with their parent at the top of their hierarchy and several subsidiaries that report to the main parent.
                      But the name is the same, and includes all of them.
                      End of explanation.
                      Nokia is Nokia Copr. HMD, etc, etc. Same as other company structures.

                        Magic-and-Mate, 20 Jun 2023No problem. Germans will always be able to buy 'Nokia ... moreAre you still purposefully playing the role of that one guy that still doesn't know the difference between Nokia Corporation and HMD Global Oy?

                        Even tho, you actually do know the difference and you are just doing this to spread misinformation. Quit it.

                          No problem. Germans will always be able to buy 'Nokia flagships' ...

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                            • 20 Jun 2023

                            Anonymous, 20 Jun 2023Why is it always a problem with cant afford ? There are n... moreOnly geeks buy mi series.
                            All other want iphone but get xiaomi instead because of cheaper price.

                            None that can pay €1300 would buy redmi note 12 pro over iphone.

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                              • 20 Jun 2023

                              Anonymous, 20 Jun 2023Not all countries in Europe are developed. Germany, England, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and the scandinavians are.

                                DarlingYext, 20 Jun 2023They absolutely aren't and neither is HMD Global, they... moreI think that GSMA needs to address this in a special article rather than having differents interview with some VP that has exited the brand now 😅

                                I did like you in a few article but I'm tired of repeating non stop 😂

                                And again, Realme exiting the market is a bad thing, so is not paying royalties as they should.
                                They should only blame themselves for this position, sadly 😬

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                                  • 20 Jun 2023

                                  Somebody should quickly interview that Wallpaper Sheath guy and ask him his opinions about how Germany will start seeing a very (very) small dip in e-waste pileup from next month onward.

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                                    • 20 Jun 2023

                                    TheLastOracle, 20 Jun 2023Hahaha. Considering Europe doesn't really have it'... moreThis is not primarily about banning this is about patents

                                    Once Nokia prevailed in Court, the onus was on the loserto come to an arrangement. They did not

                                    In the beginning Samsung and others were selling feature phones, Nokia were making smart phone using their proprietary software Symbian.

                                    They also filed patents for procedures they developed

                                    Another commentator has quite correctly stayed that Apple pay Nokia billions, they do.

                                    Apple did not come along an invent IoS like many believe,
                                    IoS uses many procedures Nokia patented.
                                    When Nokia took Apple to court Apple conceded rather than lose in Cour
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                                    IoS is licensed to Apple by Nokia.
                                    If these patents did not exist anybody could come along and make a phone
                                    A recent example not phone related is some Covid vaccine
                                    Lose in court barred from selling in that jurisdiction
                                    They do not get to set up shop elsewhere. Ultimately there will be a FRAND TRIAL to determine SEP

                                    Finally Nokia exit from Mobile phones fyi
                                    Symbian OS was a 'neat' piece of software, it's flaw was that it couldn't be coded for touch screen or should I say it could but took a year and day.
                                    Nokia then went to Microsoft and Nokia Microsoft phones came out.

                                    Imo it appears that rather then get on with task of having an equal partner in mobile phones they delayed

                                    This gave Google the edge (to develop an advert encroaching OS called Android)
                                    Samsung e.g. released an Android version and Windows version of similar spec phone.

                                    After Android got this edge nobody not one phone manufacturer released a Windows phone.

                                    The final nail in the coffin was Microsoft releasing software on its soon to be launched flagship.

                                    Windows Phone 10 OS did not work was not repairable in the end Microsoft stopped selling phones because each sale there was an immediate problem

                                    And then there were 3 Operating System not for long
                                    Blackberry left.

                                    Whether it be whatever Operating System, phone manufacturers must pay for the patented procedures it uses.

                                    App developers follow phone sales just as an example,
                                    Say Android and Blackberry existed in a parallel universe
                                    same size same secondary apps.

                                    Manufacturers would imo pay less, as the many security patches needed on Android would not be as serious on Blackberry

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                                      • 20 Jun 2023

                                      [deleted post]Nokia (the one requesting royalties for technology used in the phones) is purely European.

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                                        • 20 Jun 2023

                                        DarlingYext, 20 Jun 2023Just pay Nokia already! What's the point of losing... moreThey probably pay more than they actually earn in the EU. BBK was not much popular here.

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