Nokia. Connecting people except in Japan
Nokia, the biggest mobile phone manufacturer of them all, has all but pulled out of the worlds fourth largest mobile phone market, Japan. They will continue to sell their ‘luxury’ feature-poor Vertu line of phones (the ones where if you have to ask the price you can’t afford them) in the country, but cease all other phone sales due to dwindelling market share.
Thing is I’m not sure anyone in Japan will care. With their amazing feature phones with TV, 3G plus and crazy cameras in weird and wonderful form factors, no wonder no one bought the comparatively mundane Nokia phones. Unique Japanese business law has prevented outside manufacturers competing effectively against their domestic rivals.
If you’re in Japan and you have a Nokia, let us know what you think in comments.
[Via Reuters]
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