Startup Creating New Nokia Phones Offers A Dose of Nostalgia
The Nokia mark administered the telephone showcase for quite a long time, until Steve Jobs splendidly upset existing conditions with the iPhone and the open-finished universe of applications. Not able to coordinate the iPhone and plagued by an influx of modest contenders from Asia, Nokia rapidly slid into blankness.
Presently Nokia is striving for a rebound. Indeed, not Nokia precisely. The previous top telephone producer sold its telephone business to Microsoft, which has everything except closed it down. It kept some brand rights, which it authorized a year ago to a Finnish startup called HMD Global.
On Sunday in Barcelona, HMD reported a slate of minimal effort new telephones that will be sold under the Nokia mark. The organization, keep running by a cast of previous Nokia administrators, is plainly depending on some undiscovered nostalgic market interest for the old Nokia mark.
HMD to put "a genuine Nokia soul in our gadgets—you will detect it," CEO Arto Nummela declared at a stuffed question and answer session in front of the Mobile World Conference industry gathering.
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The new telephone line begins with the beforehand reported Nokia 6 with a 5.5-inch screen and offering for 229 euros, or about $242. A somewhat littler Nokia 5, with a 5.2-inch screen, goes for 189 euros, or $200, and 5-inch display called the Nokia 3 will offer for only 139 euros or under $150. Every one of the three models depend on Google's (GOOGL, +0.51%) Android programming. None will be accessible in the United States quickly, however one HMD official said that would happen later in the year.
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