Comments on: Breaking news: Nokia closing two Flagship stores in New York and Chicago, refocusing on carriers and partners

By: knomswrow

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By: Nokia to close its Chicago and New Work flagship stores : Cellphone News and Review

Wed, 05 May 2010 23:56:06 +0000

[...] of its two US flagship stores, but the folks over at Nokia Experts say that this will happen – although an exact date [...]

By: mobiler

mobiler — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:10:51 +0000

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By: Here’s the thing about mobiles… | Open attitude.

Here’s the thing about mobiles… | Open attitude. — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:38:11 +0000

[...] it seems to have done little to sway prospective customers; Nokia has since announced that they’re closing their flagship retail stores in New York and [...]

By: Sayo

Sayo — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:17:45 +0000

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By: Best of Smartphone Experts, 13 Dec 2009 | The Blackberry Project

Best of Smartphone Experts, 13 Dec 2009 | The Blackberry Project — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:18:05 +0000

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By: Best of Smartphone Experts, 13 Dec 2009 | P M B B

Best of Smartphone Experts, 13 Dec 2009 | P M B B — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:48:35 +0000

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By: Best of Smartphone Experts, 13 Dec 2009 | TechBlogs Today

Best of Smartphone Experts, 13 Dec 2009 | TechBlogs Today — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:17:50 +0000

[...] Nokia Closing US Flagship Stores [...]

By: Nokia: Bad News Started! What Will You Do? – Nokia Mobile Blog | All About Nokia Mobile Phones

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:10:42 +0000

[...] 2. Two days later, Nokia announced that Chicago and NYC Flagship Stores would close. (link) [...]

By: Darryl

Darryl — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:57:43 +0000

Trouble with the U.S. market is that it’s a carrier-dominated place. The tail is wagging the dog. Even if Nokia partnered up with a carrier, the carrier would be calling the shots, and stripping away cool and intelligent Nokia features. They’ve already done this with the E71x, and what was leftover was a confusing mish-mosh that didn’t satisfy those who wanted a true Nokia experience and it wasn’t familiar enough to lure contract shoppers away from a Samsung, or LG, or whatever. (still dirt cheap at 50 bucks though).

Nokia’s strengths are excellent call clarity, elegant design, and excellent hardware engineering. Call clarity for any US phone is out the window — no one even expects a phone to have good voice quality anymore; it hasn’t been that way for years and customers are being conditioned to expect less and less (Look at the iPhone — voice quality is terrible). And voice quality is Nokia’s biggest trump card. They should play that up — market the hell out of it — How does your phone sound?? Remember the basics, people??

Anyhow, too bad about the stores. Chicago’s was pretty cool. Glad I got to visit. May have to stop in again before it’s shuttered. Pics on the net of the store do not do it justice in person.