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The Nokia branding is now owned by HMD Global, who recently announced they would stop selling Nokia smartphones. I carry a Nokia smartphone as my main phone (G

The Nokia branding is now owned by HMD Global, who recently announced they would stop selling Nokia smartphones. I carry a Nokia smartphone as my main phone (G400) and I personally love it. It is really a no-nonsense kind of phone, they kept the headphone jack (which I use almost every day) it even comes with a charger, and it is one of the more affordable smartphones out there. I really don’t understand what kind of a business decisions it is to own such a legendary brand with such as a rich and successful history and not use it.

behnamoh 1y ago
> I really don’t understand what kind of a business decisions it is to own such a legendary brand with such as a rich and successful history and not use it. I bet $1000 that's mostly due to ridiculous patents, business contracts with term limits, poor managerial decisions, and possibly EU regulations that make it more expensive/harder to innovate.
- iamtedd 1y ago
  It's probably because HMD Global doesn't actually own the Nokia brand. It's an exclusive licensing agreement with the still-existing Nokia company that makes network infrastructure. The details are very easy to find out on Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global