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Welcome back Nokia

The Nokia 6 – the new Android handset from HMD Global – sold out in 1 minute when it launched in China.

According to International Business Times, the device went on sale on JD.com at 10:06 on 19 January and was sold out by 10:07.
 
Sold just one unit in one minute for $245.
So expensive and - Snapdragon 430.
 
Just give me a dual sim feature phone, with a classic keypad that doesn't erase my call records if I remove the battery.
 
I was Nokia fan. But this is just another middling Phar East phone with a Euro label appealing to nostalgists. And this label is of a company that single-handedly managed itself into irrelevance. Nokia is part of history, not the future.
 
Arthur said:
I was Nokia fan. But this is just another middling Phar East phone with a Euro label appealing to nostalgists. And this label is of a company that single-handedly managed itself into irrelevance. Nokia is part of history, not the future.
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Pretty much my feeling on the matter as well
 
Arthur said:
I was Nokia fan. But this is just another middling Phar East phone with a Euro label appealing to nostalgists. And this label is of a company that single-handedly managed itself into irrelevance. Nokia is part of history, not the future.
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But is it?
The Mobile part of Nokia went to MS, but the rest of Nokia is going strong.
And it has to be the rest of the company licensing this handset - so different people??
 
ttygt said:
But is it?
The Mobile part of Nokia went to MS, but the rest of Nokia is going strong.
And it has to be the rest of the company licensing this handset - so different people??
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So if I remember MS had the manufacturing facilities. Nokia has the patents and there's a third organization made up of ex Nokia execs in partnership with them.
 
WaxLyrical said:
Ram and storage is impressive.
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Yep, I would seriously consider buying this phone just for the RAM and Storage, especially at that price. IMHO, its lack of RAM and storage that makes a phone slower in the long run. Well that's the problem with my current Android phone anyway.
 
ttygt said:
But is it?
The Mobile part of Nokia went to MS, but the rest of Nokia is going strong.
And it has to be the rest of the company licensing this handset - so different people??
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Completely different people... the Nokia that is left does enterprise communication stuff not cell phones
 
Swa said:
It's not Nokia.
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In German there's a word.

Ersatz.

er·satz
ˈerˌzäts,ˈerˌsäts/
adjective
adjective: ersatz

(of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.
"ersatz coffee"
synonyms: artificial, substitute, imitation, synthetic, fake, false, faux, mock, simulated, pseudo, sham, bogus, spurious, counterfeit, manufactured, man-made, informalphony, wannabe


So it's an Ersatz Nokia.

I had high hopes for Nokia, but it got dashed.
 
From Wikipedia:

HMD Global Oy, branded as simply HMD, stylized as hmd., is a Finnish company that develops mobile devices under the "Nokia" brand name. It was formed in May 2016 announcing its purchase of part of Microsoft Mobile's feature phone business, the successor of Nokia's mobile phone business, and a licensing agreement. The sale was completed in December 2016.[1] It is headed by CEO Arto Nummela and is headquartered in Espoo near Helsinki, in front of Nokia's headquarters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global
 
gjm said:
From Wikipedia:

HMD Global Oy, branded as simply HMD, stylized as hmd., is a Finnish company that develops mobile devices under the "Nokia" brand name. It was formed in May 2016 announcing its purchase of part of Microsoft Mobile's feature phone business, the successor of Nokia's mobile phone business, and a licensing agreement. The sale was completed in December 2016.[1] It is headed by CEO Arto Nummela and is headquartered in Espoo near Helsinki, in front of Nokia's headquarters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMD_Global
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And to add to that:
HMD is made up of veteran Nokia staff,[2] and develops basic feature phones, as well as smartphones and tablets running on the Android platform.[3] Manufacturing and distribution is performed by Foxconn's FIH Mobile division.[4]

Nokia itself does not directly invest in HMD but has a board member representative, sets mandatory requirements, and receives royalty payments for patents.[5][6]
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rogerwe said:
Yep, I would seriously consider buying this phone just for the RAM and Storage, especially at that price. IMHO, its lack of RAM and storage that makes a phone slower in the long run. Well that's the problem with my current Android phone anyway.
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With the low spec processor there might be some issues with advanced 3D games but if you look at the current trend in cellphones that point becomes moot.

Appears there's only a handful of games people play and not that often.

Facebook, Camera, Apps and especially WhatsApp is where the smartphone is at at the moment.
Good marketing by Nokia.
 
WaxLyrical said:
With the low spec processor there might be some issues with advanced 3D games but if you look at the current trend in cellphones that point becomes moot.

Appears there's only a handful of games people play and not that often.

Facebook, Camera, Apps and especially WhatsApp is where the smartphone is at at the moment.
Good marketing by Nokia.
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Agreed. It's mostly storage and memory that makes a cellphone good.
 
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