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TOKYO (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's biggest cellphone maker, said on Thursday it will stop selling mobile phones in Japan except for its high-end brand Vertu after struggling to expand its presence in the country.
Despite its global market share of nearly 40 percent, Nokia holds less than 1 percent of Japan's mature wireless market as its products have failed to lure consumers from high-performance Japanese-made devices.
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Posted: 2008-11-27 09:53:44
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Lol just shows how far behind japan the rest of the world is
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Posted: 2008-11-27 09:59:19
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I read an article somewhere about Nokia becoming a MVNO (with NTTDocomo) and it might introduce its handsets that way.
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Nokia tying up with NTT DoCoMo for Japanese MVNO?[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2008-11-27 09:23 ]
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Posted: 2008-11-27 10:20:41
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On 2008-11-27 09:59:19, yea g wrote:
Lol just shows how far behind japan the rest of the world is
It only shows how nokia high-performance phones are inferior to japanese phones
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Posted: 2008-11-27 11:35:53
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doesnt surprise me. for it to work in japan they would have had to make some really weird phones and all that for one country doesnt seem very viable.
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Posted: 2008-11-27 20:16:29
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There are something like 88 million handset users in Japan, so its nothing to be sniffed at really.
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Posted: 2008-11-28 10:47:54
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Is it that hard to admit that Japanese cellphone technology is a lot more advanced than the Finns'?
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Posted: 2008-11-28 11:16:49
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i think its more on nokias inability to adjust to market conditions in japan, similar in how nokia cant still has a tough time selling phones in the US
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Posted: 2008-11-28 17:43:13
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Residentevil Posts: > 500
It's that Nokia is unwilling to adapt to different markets. It is the Nokia way or the highway.
http://phoneboy.com/1955/some[....]-nokia-us-market-share-numbers
http://www.symbian-guru.com/w[....]ts-are-in-us-market-sucks.html
http://mobileopportunity.blog[....]-for-1-market-share-in-us.html
http://www.informationweek.co[....]s/2008/04/nokia_ceo_disse.html
that combined with the CEOs big head has resulted in a loss of market share in the US. Years ago Nokia phones were very present at the mobile shops. They were reliable, simple and had a good design. Like the 6000 series or the 1112.
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Posted: 2008-11-28 18:32:53
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On 2008-11-28 10:47:54, goldenface wrote:
There are something like 88 million handset users in Japan, so its nothing to be sniffed at really.
divide that by the total number of users across the entire world and japan suddenly becomes irrelevant. japan is so far off that brands like sharp are quite a hit there and sharp otherwise is nothing in the rest of the world
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Posted: 2008-11-29 07:54:51
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