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by rsynnott on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:08PM
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> they made something that they couldn't make, because no network was going to allow it on their network.
I think that’s probably true in the US, but less so in Europe, then Nokia’s main market. In the EU it wouldn’t have been up to the networks at all; bring your own device was and is quite common and networks are required to allow it. Nokia did produce a number of very premium smartphones (more expensive than the first iPhone, even!); they were just never all that consumer-friendly (though they made a few attempts).
I think that’s probably true in the US, but less so in Europe, then Nokia’s main market. In the EU it wouldn’t have been up to the networks at all; bring your own device was and is quite common and networks are required to allow it. Nokia did produce a number of very premium smartphones (more expensive than the first iPhone, even!); they were just never all that consumer-friendly (though they made a few attempts).