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by rolleiflex 1784 days ago
Mind that this is not Nokia producing this phone, but a company called ‘HMD Global Oy’ as visible in the cookie warning and the space below the footer that the cookie warning covers. They’re just licensing the Nokia name.

Considering this phone heavily advertises its long term support, it is pertinent to point out that the producer of this phone is not, in fact, Nokia, and its real producer has not yet stood the test of time.

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Microsoft hollowed out what was left of Nokia years ago. HMD has been making phones under the Nokia name since 2017.

Nokia is now a boring telecom infrastructure company like Ericsson. When Microsoft killed the Windows Phone brand altogether, a number of engineers left for HMD and Jolla.

Many of the former Nokia Mobiles employees are also part of HMD Global Oy, and so far they have been the best Android phone experience outside the overpriced Pixels, impossible to buy in most European countries.
HMD Global has been making phones under the Nokia brand for years now. They're not going to disappear in 6 months.