Just So You Know Why This Phone Sucks...
from the buyer-beware dept
Foreign mobile-phone manufacturers have had little success cracking Japan, as they've pushed models that are decidedly behind the times in the advanced market. Following this trend, Nokia said a few months ago that they would start selling what was basically a year-old handset through NTT DoCoMo, though just two days before the device was due to go on sale, the operator delayed its launch due to software problems. Now, apparently, when somebody buys one of the Nokia devices, they're given a list of its software bugs. According to one salesperson, "Japanese phones don't have bugs so we have to give out this list so that our customers are not surprised." With things like this, it's little wonder the Japanese are hesitant to buy foreign brands' devices.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Nokia
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Find this on their site under history:
"The roots of Nokia go back to the year 1865 with the establishment of a forest industry enterprise in South-Western Finland by mining engineer Fredrik Idestam. Elsewhere, the year 1898 witnessed the foundation of Finnish Rubber Works Ltd, and in 1912 Finnish Cable Works began operations."
I never have any probs with my Sanyo
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Um. I think the point has nothing to do with whether or not the phones are actually buggy, but the way the carrier is "notifying" users.
And, to be honest, I'm not sure what Nokia's ancient history has to do with any of this.
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Sharing?
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I'm sure there are others here who can correct me, as I'm not one hundred percent certain on all of this.
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U.S. - #1 in Crap
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Nokia OR DoCoMo OR Vodafone KK?
Further, this is probably a decision of the telco rather than Nokia - as you correcly identify in the linked articles, but not in this follow up piece.
Nokia probably couldn't give a rats - they have plenty of other, well performing and modern handset choices that compensate for VODAFONE's choice to release this crippled thing at a low price point.
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Re: Nokia OR DoCoMo OR Vodafone KK?
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decent US made phones
still I gotta admit that it would be even nicer if it was a decent Japanese made phone from a company like DoCoMo or NEC
btw: wasnt DoCoMo the ones first to come out with decent phone browsing capability? wasnt it called iMode or something of the sort?
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Japan's technology industry has always been take a product and make it better, little by little. USA's approach has been to make huge technological leaps.
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When
The most innovative concept i have seen in 20 years is the debit card.....
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Currently available in Japan
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Nokia phones are fine
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Nokian Tyres Rock...
When you need to drive very fast on very snowy roads you cen't beat Nokian WRXes.
'Course they cost a fair piece, but they make blizzaks look like slicks.
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Is this because we let ourselves be overcharged for everything? Because we laugh at the fact that our government is a corrupt? That we are mostly a nation of sheople? Sure is a nice phone. ehh. Im an idiot.
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Cell Phone coverage
In the states, service providers have to go to great lengths to get a tower errected in any part of the United States,no one wants a cell tower in their back yard and the greens do not want cell towers in national parks. If you want a decent infrastructure, you have to pay for it.
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To #20
It's good to know that YOU haven't noticed any technological leaps lately. After all, you're clearly the expert on such matters.
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Phones
Who decided for us they were necessary?
Turn that imbecility-engendering toy off!
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