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by ChuckNorris89 1482 days ago
Nokia doesn't really exist anymore except being a marketing machine and name brand for Chinese made OEM Android phones, and a networking device manufacturer with sweat-shop style dev offices in Eastern Europe because they're not competitive on Western wages due to chinese competitors like Huawei stealing/eating their lunch.

It's only a shadow of its former self.
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icelancer 1482 days ago
Yeah, but it used to be a huge company and it shaped the future of mobile phones forever, so I think it's fair to point out the major success it did have. It should be a lasting legacy, even if it turned out poorly.
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ChuckNorris89 1482 days ago
A glorious past is pretty irelevant in the current market when you consider all the EU hardware jobs that have been lost or offshored in the process of Nokia's decline.

It's one of the reasons why embedded gigs pay so little in the EU.

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